LRD guides and handbook June 2016

Law at Work 2016

Chapter 13

13. Bringing a tribunal claim


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This Chapter summarises the formal steps involved in bringing a claim in the employment tribunal and the main stages of the tribunal process. A new compulsory formal step — Acas Early Conciliation — was introduced from 6 May 2014. More information about this step can be found in this Chapter and also on the Acas website. 


For a good regular source of up-to-date information for claimants bringing tribunal claims, follow the ET Claims blog, run by experts Naomi Cunningham and Michael Reed. You can find it at: www.etclaims.co.uk.