A reminder that when the ACAS pre-claim conciliation becomes mandatory on 6th May the ET1 and ET3 forms will change again. Any claims or responses presented after this date on the old forms will not be accepted.
Tag: Employment tribunal claims
Illegality and discrimination
An employee working under an illegal contract may be prevented from relying on statutory or contractual employment rights. As far back as 1978, it was held that it was against public policy for employees with illegal contracts to pursue an unfair dismissal claim. The position as to discrimination claims is less clear. The cases are […]
Fines for employers in the ET
New legislation comes into force for claims presented on or after 6th April 2014, which will mean for the first time employers will be ordered to pay a financial penalty for losing their case before the Employment Tribunal. The power was provided in s16 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 which has now […]
Employment Tribunal claims
Whilst the official figures are not released until December 2013, the Ministry of Justice has published provisional figures for employment tribunal claims received for the key period in the run up to and following the introduction of fees in July 2013. There was no significant change in the number of claims received of around 40,000 […]
Lost in the system
A recent EAT case may seem a little extreme but in the case of Elliott v The Joseph Whitworth Centre Ltd delay meant he was denied justice at Employment Tribunal. The Claimant was dismissed in February 2010 and presented his complaint for unfair dismissal within the three month time limit through his union representative. Nothing […]
Employment Tribunal Fees
Just a reminder of the level of fees for claims in the Employment Tribunal. To issue the claim as follows: Type A £160 Type B £250 The hearing fee is then as follows: Type A £230 Type B £950 Further fees are payable upon making an application. Most claims will fall into type B such […]
Presenting an Employment Tribunal Claim
HM Courts and Tribunal Service (HMCTS) have issued guidance on the presentation of an employment tribunal claim post 29th July 2013. You can read the guidance here. In addition, there are now new format ET1s for presenting the claim or ET3s for responding to a claim which can be downloaded from the HMCTS site. The […]
Fees in the Employment Tribunal
The new fees in the Employment Tribunal come into force on the 29th July 2013, gone will be the days of access to justice for all. Access will come with a price tag, subject of course to the possibility of a fee remission, which I hope will work well in practice to avoid those with […]
Case management in the Employment Tribunal
In the second of my blogs on the new Employment Tribunal rules, I am covering case management in the new world. Many of the rules of old remain unchanged just rewritten in a more simple plain english approach. One example of this is in the change by removing the old Rule 11(4) about copying the other […]
Employment tribunal claims
The much publicised changes to the Employment Tribunal rules of procedure and the introduction of fees in the Employment Tribunals will come into force on 29th July 2013. The later being the biggest change of all, ground breaking in the employment world. I will produce a series of blogs over the forthcoming week or so […]