Employment Tribunal Time Limits

Compliance with time limits is crucial in employment tribunal litigation. Missing a time limit can stop an employee winning an otherwise strong claim. Resisting requests to extend time is of fundamental importance to employers.In this book, you’ll learn about:•time constraints in disciplinary and grievance processes;•time limits in common claims and how to calculate them;•mandatory Acas early conciliation and its effect on time limits;•extensions in Acas early conciliation cases;•tribunal discretion to extend time limits;•unfair dismissal and the 'not reasonably practicable' test;•discrimination claims and the 'just and equitable' test;•time limits for responding to tribunal claims;•time limits in case management orders;•arguing about time limits in the tribunal.