Facing an employment tribunal claim can be daunting. If an employment tribunal office sends you a letter about an employee\u2019s claim, you can defend the claim promptly and with minimal costs to your business. However, you must respond within 28 days. Otherwise, your failure to respond could affect the final employment tribunal decision. This article will explain what you, as an employer, need to know about responding to an employment tribunal claim in England.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
An employment tribunal<\/a> is independent of the Government. Additionally, while an employment tribunal is similar to a court, it is not as formal as a court. However, an employment tribunal still has procedural rules you must adhere to. <\/p>\n\n\n\n An employment tribunal will decide on an employment claim by listening to both parties. You, as the employer, are the \u2018respondent\u2019. On the other hand, the person making a claim, such as your employee, is the \u2018claimant\u2019. If the employment tribunal favours the claimant, you will likely compensate or mitigate the employee for their losses. <\/p>\n\n\n\n An employment tribunal claim is a claim over an employment issue. This could be made by:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Employment tribunal issues could be about a variety of different subjects, such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n You may receive a tribunal claim where you could not resolve an employment issue between you and the person claiming conciliation with Acas<\/a>. Conciliation is where you and the person making a claim and Acas try to work together to create a solution to the employment issues. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n Continue reading this article below the form\n <\/i>\n<\/a>\nWhat is an Employment Tribunal Claim?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n