What cases will an employment tribunal deal with?

These are the main areas of employment law dealt with by tribunals: 

• written statement of employment particulars; 

• unfair dismissal (dismissal for an unlawful reason, or where the employer has failed to follow a fair procedure); 

• wrongful dismissal (a dismissal not in accordance with your employment contract – e.g. insufficient notice given); 

• dismissal for asserting a statutory right; 

• the right to accompany, or be accompanied by, a colleague at a disciplinary or grievance hearing in the workplace; 

• written reasons for dismissal; 

• redundancy; 

• business transfers; 

• whistleblowing; 

• equal pay; 

• race discrimination; 

• disability discrimination; 

• sex discrimination; 

• pregnancy/maternity discrimination; 

• civil partnership/marriage discrimination; 

• transgender discrimination; 

• religion/belief discrimination; 

• sexual orientation discrimination; 

• age discrimination; 

• maternity leave, paternity leave, adoption leave, shared parental leave and pay; 

• parental leave, leave for family emergencies, flexible working,and bereavement leave; 

• wages issues, including National Minimum Wage and unlawful deductions; 

• working time; 

• part-time working; 

• fixed-term working; 

• claims under the Agency Workers Regulations; 

• the right to time off for pension fund trustees, and trade union and safety representatives; 

• some union claims relating to blacklisting; 

• the right to campaign for or against trade union recognition; and 

• dismissal for taking lawful industrial action.