For more information about employment tribunals and how to take a claim see our series of guides How to go to employment tribunal.
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Employment tribunals
Employment tribunals
An employment tribunal is a specialist court which deals with disputes between employers and employees about employment rights. The judges are expected to help people who do not have a lawyer to represent them.
Types of claim can you take to an employment tribunal
Employment tribunals can deal with claims about a number of different things including:
- unlawful discrimination,
- unfair dismissal,
- part time work, fixed term contracts and agency worker regulations,
- time off work including for pregnancy, maternity and caring responsibilities
- flexible working
- health and safety
- Trade Union activities
- equal pay,
- payments in lieu of notice, unpaid wages, unpaid holiday pay, and unlawful deductions,
- redundancy payments,
- breach of contract but only after your job has ended, and
- whistleblowing (where you have told people about serious wrongdoing at your work).
Taking your case to an employment tribunal should be a last resort. It can be a stressful and time-consuming process.
 | This guide was written by Law for Life thanks to funding from the Bar Standards Board. |
Law for Life would like to thank all those who provided advice and feedback on this guide and Rebecca Thomas from 42BR Barristers who peer reviewed the guide.
August 2023
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