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Employment tribunal definition

What does Employment tribunal mean? A specialist forum that decides employment disputes between workers and employers, typically statutory claims such as unfair dismissal, discrimination, equal pay, unlawful deduction from wages, breach of contract (on termination), redundancy pay, whistleblowing and working time. In England & Wales and Scotland, Employment Tribunals are statutory bodies established under the Employment Tribunals Act 1996. Procedure is governed by the Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) 2013; claims are presented on form ET1 and responses on ET3; most claims must be presented within three months (subject to Acas early conciliation stop-the-clock). Cases are heard by an Employment Judge, sometimes with...

Final Employment Tribunal Hearings: Procedure, Panel Composition, Open Justice and Judgments under the Employment Tribunal Rules of Procedure 2024 (England, Wales and Scotland)

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The Employment tribunal Rules of Procedure 2024 (ET Rules 2024), SI 2024/1155, place every hearing into one of two categories: preliminary or final. The issues each category may encompass differ, and so do the ET Rules that regulate their conduct. For details on preliminary hearings, see Practice Note: Preliminary hearings in the employment tribunal. This Practice Note focuses on the procedure for a final employment tribunal hearing. For guidance on preparing for an employment tribunal Final hearing, see Practice Note: Preparation for employment tribunal final hearing.

Final hearing defined

A final hearing is the occasion on which the tribunal decides the claim, or any aspects still outstanding after:

the initial consideration (under ET Rules 2024, SI 2024/1155, Rule 27—see Practice Note: Initial consideration by employment tribunal of claim, response and reply), or
any preliminary hearing (under ET Rules 2024, SI 2024/1155, Rule 52—see Practice Note: Preliminary hearings in the employment tribunal)

There can be separate final hearings for distinct questions (for example, liability, remedy or costs). For more on these, see the sections of Practice Note: Preparation for employment tribunal final hearing titled:

Liability and remedy together
Split hearings

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