Taking your unfair dismissal claim to an employment tribunal
Going to an Employment
Tribunal
In unfair dismissal claims you must make the claim to an
Employment Tribunal within the limitation period of three months
less one day from the effective date of termination of the contract
of employment.
What remedies are available?
If a Tribunal finds in favour of you it can order:
• Reinstatement - getting your job back with no loss of money or
security;
• Engagement - getting another job with the same employer;
• Compensation - a basic award calculated in a similar way to a
redundancy plus a compensatory award to compensate you for the
financial losses incurred as a result of the dismissal.
The maximum compensation award is currently £66,200.00 (and
updated every year), but unless the employee is a very high earner,
it is rare for Tribunals to award this amount. Most will award for
loss of earnings to the date of hearing plus a limited amount to
compensate for future loss. Compensation may be increased or
reduced if either party failed to follow the ACAS Code of Practice
1: Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures. Visit www.acas.org.uk for
the Code of Practice
Interim Relief
In some cases, you can apply for interim relief to reinstate you
pending the main hearing. This might happen, when the reason for
dismissal was because of:
- trade union or health and safety activities;
- as a pension fund trustee;
- acting in relation to union recognition; or
- exercising rights to be accompanied to a disciplinary or
grievance hearing.
An application for interim relief has to be made within seven
days of the dismissal.
Claims Financial