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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...

Reconsidering Employment Tribunal judgments in Great Britain: scope, procedure, discretion, CPR 3.9 analogies, Rule 22 defaults, consent orders, slip rule corrections, and distinction from case management orders

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Practice notes

This Practice Note

This Practice Note sets out the employment tribunal’s discretionary power to revisit (or review) its own judgment, explaining when that power is engaged and the manner of its exercise. It summarises the overarching principles guiding the discretion and the relevance of comparable Civil Procedure Rules (CPR 3.9, CPR 1.1) where a judgment imposes sanctions for breaches of tribunal rules or orders...

Guidance on the trigger points and process for reconsideration
Consideration of analogously relevant CPR provisions in sanction cases
Reconsideration of Rule 22 judgments
The difference between judgments and case management orders, and routes to clarify or set aside a case management order
How a party may apply for reconsideration and the range of potential outcomes
The power to correct clerical slips in tribunal documents

A party dissatisfied with an employment tribunal’s judgment may, in defined circumstances, appeal—typically to the employment appeal tribunal (EAT) (see: EAT—overview). In certain specified situations, however, the party may instead invite the same tribunal to reconsider the decision it originally made...

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