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Employment tribunals

Employment rights are enforced in the employment tribunal. For example, employment tribunals consider complaints of unfair dismissal and discrimination. Employment tribunals can also consider breach of contract claims if the value of the claim does not exceed £25,000.

Employment tribunal proceedings are started by the claimant completing and submitting an ET1 claim form within the required time limit. The ET3 response form is the employer’s response to the claim form.

Fees are payable and an early conciliation process must be followed before an employment tribunal claim can proceed.


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    • Minimum wage

    Judgment in ‘sleep-in’ wages case expected Friday

    by Ashleigh Webber 16 Mar 2021
    by Ashleigh Webber 16 Mar 2021

    The Supreme Court will on Friday hand down its decision as to whether workers who ‘sleep in’ as part of their shift are entitled to the national minimum wage for the duration of their shift.

    • Collective redundancy
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    • Employment tribunals

    Up to 1,500 former Thomas Cook employees win payouts

    by Adam McCulloch 16 Mar 2021
    by Adam McCulloch 16 Mar 2021

    A tribunal has ruled that the travel giant failed to consult before making redundancies when it went into administration in September 2019.

    • Reasonable adjustments
    • Bullying and harassment
    • Disability

    Female police officer subject to diet comments wins tribunal claim

    by Adam McCulloch 16 Mar 2021
    by Adam McCulloch 16 Mar 2021

    Detective constable Kerry Moth has won a claim for harassment after being told she might feel better if she stopped drinking ‘gallons of Coke’.

    • Case law
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    • Financial services

    Banker seeking ‘stigma losses’ after tribunal impact

    by Jo Faragher 15 Mar 2021
    by Jo Faragher 15 Mar 2021

    A woman who won a sex discrimination case against BNP Paribas is claiming the case has taken away her career.

    • Age discrimination
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    Multiple case numbers soar at employment tribunals

    by Adam McCulloch 14 Mar 2021
    by Adam McCulloch 14 Mar 2021

    Working time replaces unfair dismissal as largest source of tribunal claims.

    • Reasonable adjustments
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    • Constructive dismissal

    Employment law specialist wins £168,000 in unfair dismissal case

    by Adam McCulloch 11 Mar 2021
    by Adam McCulloch 11 Mar 2021

    Elizabeth Aylott suffered from anxiety and depression and was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder after leaving her job at BPP University.

    • Latest News
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    • Pay & benefits

    Union alleges Yodel underpaid night shift workers

    by Ashleigh Webber 9 Mar 2021
    by Ashleigh Webber 9 Mar 2021

    The GMB Union is taking Yodel to tribunal over claims hundreds of night workers were underpaid.

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    Nurse who blew whistle on race-based shift allocation wins £26k compensation

    by Ashleigh Webber 23 Feb 2021
    by Ashleigh Webber 23 Feb 2021

    A paediatric nurse who alleged racial discrimination and was banned from booking shifts as a result has been awarded £26,000 in compensation.

    • Employment law
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    • Health and safety

    Tube driver injured at work was unfairly dismissed

    by Adam McCulloch 16 Feb 2021
    by Adam McCulloch 16 Feb 2021

    Lisa Stewart was accused by London Underground of dishonestly claiming she had been injured at work.

    • Alcohol and drug misuse
    • Discipline
    • Latest News

    Employee who took cannabis for back pain unfairly dismissed

    by Ashleigh Webber 8 Feb 2021
    by Ashleigh Webber 8 Feb 2021

    Employment tribunal finds that an employer did not take into account an employee’s medical reasons for taking cannabis before dismissing him.

    • Case law
    • Employee relations
    • Employment law

    Employment lawyers: ‘tribunals effective and judges top of their game’

    by Ashleigh Webber 4 Feb 2021
    by Ashleigh Webber 4 Feb 2021

    Lawyers describe the suggestion by The Times that employment judges are inexperienced as ‘idiotic’ and ‘insulting’.

    • Bullying and harassment
    • NHS
    • Latest News

    Victim of NHS manager’s practical joke wins £10k pay out

    by Ashleigh Webber 4 Feb 2021
    by Ashleigh Webber 4 Feb 2021

    An employment tribunal finds trust was breached after a manager played a practical joke on an employee who had just returned from sick leave.

    • Legal sector
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    Legal sector denies claim that tribunal judges are ‘inexperienced’

    by Ashleigh Webber 1 Feb 2021
    by Ashleigh Webber 1 Feb 2021

    Article in The Times attacking employment tribunals over quality of judges and number of ‘equality cases’ comes under fire over alleged distortions.

    • Latest News
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    • Retail

    Tesco manager sacked for restraining thief wins £43,000

    by Rob Moss 27 Jan 2021
    by Rob Moss 27 Jan 2021

    A Tesco store manager fired for manhandling a shoplifter has been awarded £43,100 for unfair dismissal at the employment tribunal.

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    Employee surveillance: getting the balance right

    by Richard Fox and Eleanor Lynch 22 Jan 2021
    by Richard Fox and Eleanor Lynch 22 Jan 2021

    Labour has called for greater protections for workers whose employers use software to monitor activity while working from home –...

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