Understanding and Navigating the Employment Tribunal Process

Each year thousands of claims are made to the Employment Tribunal. Due to the volume of cases most HR professionals and people managers will be required to address a Tribunal at some stage in their career. This course will give you a practical and clear understanding of the employment tribunal process and how best to approach it.

The process starts with the potential claimant engaging with Acas Early Conciliation. How does the employer respond to this process? Should the employer settle, or should the employer refuse? The expert trainer will explore this crucial part of the process and how it can impact your decision-making process.

If settlement is not successful, the claimant can go ahead and claim to the Employment Tribunal. This course will walk you through the process, explaining how to respond to the initial ET1, and then how to prepare for the Tribunal itself. It will explain what is required in preparing a bundle of documents and witness statements.

The trainer will then look at the hearing, what happens, and what preparations should be made by the employer. The course will consider particular issues that can arise and how to address them for the best outcome. Finally, we will consider what to do once the judgment has been received, and if an appeal could be made and, if so, what the next steps should be. 

The expert trainer will refer to real-life case examples throughout the course to help embed the learning. There will also be time for you to ask your specific questions during the course.