Employment Claims

What are employment claims?

An employee or a former employee from your business can make a claim to an employment tribunal due to unlawful treatment at work, such as:

• Unfair dismissal
• Discrimination and harassment
• Unfair deductions from their pay

When the claimant (your employee) wishes to make a claim to the respondent (you), ACAS first offers what is called an early conciliation process. This is a chance to resolve the dispute outside the tribunal. A tribunal usually happens after an early conciliation certification has been issued by ACAS—proving that the early conciliation between you and your employee ended without an agreement.

You can usually know the start of a tribunal case when you receive a claim form, also known as the ET1 form, from your employee. Since there is a strict time limit for you to prepare your defense, it is vital that you take immediate action. 

How can Sharper Labs Legal Team help? 

Employment tribunals can be very costly, and may also result in a reputational loss for the business. Employment law specialists in our Sharper-Labs Legal Team can help you all the way from the early conciliation process to an actual employment tribunal.

When a claim is made against you, the matter becomes very urgent. Sharper-Labs makes sure you have everything prepared, including your response and defence, investigation documents, and witness statements. It is important that all the necessary and helpful documents for your case are included for a fair decision.

Sharper-Labs can also provide you with representation services during hearings. Along with our pragmatic and strategic approach to minimising the costs, we will stay attentive to how you wish to handle the case for your business.