Employment tribunal procedure

New and updated

• Covert recording of disciplinary panel's private deliberations was admissible

  Date:

  11 April 2018

  Type:

  Law reports

  In Fleming v East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that covert recordings of the private deliberations of the disciplinary panel were admissible as evidence, except for any content covered by legal professional privilege.

• Tribunal procedures and penalties

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Updated to include information on Hale v Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, in which the EAT considered if the decision to instigate the disciplinary procedure was a one-off act, for the purpose of the time limit for the claim.

• Discrimination: Instigating disciplinary procedure was start of continuing act

  Date:

  21 February 2018

  Type:

  Law reports

  In Hale v Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that the decision to instigate the disciplinary procedure was not a one-off act, but the start of a state of affairs that would continue until the conclusion of the disciplinary process.

• Employment Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 comes into force

  Type:

  Legal timetable

  The Employment Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 sets out the framework to make changes to whistleblowing legislation and introduce mandatory pre-claim conciliation and gender pay gap reporting in Northern Ireland.

• Podcast: The abolition of employment tribunal fees

  Date:

  4 August 2017

  Type:

  Audio and video

  In this week's podcast, we discuss the likely implications for employers of the abolition of tribunal fees.

• Form for making a claim to an employment tribunal

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to include information on the impact on the ET1 form of Unison's successful challenge to employment tribunal fees.

• Example claim to an employment tribunal

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to include information on the impact on the ET1 form of Unison's successful challenge to employment tribunal fees.

• What fees does a claimant have to pay when bringing an employment tribunal claim?

  Type:

  FAQs

• What fees are payable when a party appeals to the Employment Appeal Tribunal?

  Type:

  FAQs

• In what circumstances are respondents required to pay tribunal fees?

  Type:

  FAQs