An Employment Tribunal is an independent body that deals with most disputes between you and your staff, often relating to employment rights. Our employment solicitors can guide you through the tribunal process efficiently to help you reach a successful outcome.
Employment tribunals can be costly and disruptive for your business, so it’s best to get legal advice as soon as possible. We can help you prepare you for the tribunal process to limit the impact on your organisation and give you the best chance for a positive outcome.
We’ve helped many employers through the employment dispute process. Whether you need guidance on internal negotiations or help preparing for a hearing at employment tribunal, our team can offer advice that’s best suited to your situation and business. Contact us on 01142 781 629 to discuss how we can help.
Why Would My Employee Take Me To An Employment Tribunal?
There are lots of reasons why your employees could bring a claim against you. The most common claims include:
- Unfair dismissal
- Discrimination
- Pay (including holiday pay)
- Breach of contract
- Whistleblowing
- Redundancy payments.
There are steps that you can take to avoid tribunal claims and resolve disputes before they get to tribunal. Your internal processes, such as your grievance, harassment and whistleblowing policies, should aim to identify and resolve issues internally.
You can also use ACAS (the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service) to resolve disputes quickly. Anyone wanting to bring a claim must contact ACAS first. ACAS will try and settle the potential claim before it is even issued.
If a claim is issued in tribunal, it’s never too late to settle it, and many do. In some cases you may be offered judicial mediation by an employment judge to try and resolve the dispute without a formal tribunal hearing.
What Employment Tribunal Services Do Irwin Mitchell Offer?
Our solicitors provide a full employment tribunal service. We can:
- Advise you on ways of minimising the risk to your business if you’re facing an employment claim
- Give you advice on your internal procedures to help you avoid any claims from your staff
- Help you with the ACAS Early Conciliation process
- Help you through all the stages of the tribunal process
- Provide support to witnesses and witness familiarisation training
- Appeal your claim, or defend any appeal to the Employment Appeal Tribunal
- Provide employment tribunal training to prepare you and any staff for a tribunal hearing.
We’ve worked with employers from small SMEs to large businesses. Whatever your situation, we can help you through it with practical legal advice in plain English.
Why Choose Irwin Mitchell?
Our specialist employment team is recognised as one of the best in the country by independent legal guides Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners. No issue is too complicated for our team. We have extensive experience of employment law and tribunal hearings which allow us to fight to protect your best interests and those of your business.
We understand that going to through an employment tribunal hearing is stressful and can disrupt the day-to-day running of your business. Our employment lawyers will guide you through the process and be there to support you at each step
With offices across the country, we can advise you no matter where you’re based. We also have flexible pricing options such as fixed fees, a retainer arrangements or a bank of hours bought upfront.
Contact Us
Our team can offer advice that’s best suited to your situation and business. Give our team a call on 01142 781 629 or get in touch online.
