Practical guidance on responding to an employment tribunal claim, including the 28-day time limit for submitting the ET3; grounds for resisting the claim; pleading in the alternative; and counterclaims.
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has held that an employment tribunal did not have jurisdiction to hear claims against British Airways for non-payment of flying allowances to cabin crew who had not been able to fly because of an airport closure.
In Alexander and another v Bridgen Enterprises Ltd [2006] IRLR 422 EAT, the Employment Appeal Tribunal holds that two employees were automatically unfairly dismissed in breach of the statutory dismissal procedure because the employer had not provided sufficient information about their selection for redundancy in advance of the dismissal meeting.
IRS Employment Review looks at decisions on procedural points that have arisen in the EAT and Court of Appeal in the time since its last procedural round-up in December 2005.
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