How to Win Employment Tribunal Hearings

An employer's toolkit for avoiding, managing and winning tribunal cases

Gareth Roberts (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

168 Seiten

2000
Financial Times Prentice Hall (Verlag)
978-0-273-64469-9 (ISBN)

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The risk of an unsuccessful Employment Tribunal hearing from the employer's perspective has risen dramatically as the potential compensation payout has risen four-fold. What is more, the qualifying period for cases of unfair dismissal has been halved which is set to result in a massive increase in hearings. Any employer may face an employment tribunal. You need to be fully prepared.

This topical new briefing offers clear guidance for employers on how to avoid having a case taken to a tribunal in the first place, then, if it is inevitable, what to expect, and how to prepare and present the best possible case to ensure a positive outcome.

Contents include:

Avoiding tribunals
Responding to a claim
Options and preliminaries
Types of cases: dismissal, redundancy, equal pay, discrimination, employment protection, contracts
Preparing for the tribunal
Attending the tribunal

Gareth Roberts is Consulting Director of MC3C Ltd, providing consultancy support to organisations on a wide range of human resources programmes, including HR strategy, performance, pay, selection and competencies. He is a Fellow of the IPD and a panel member of the employment tribunals, and a former member of the IPDD's National Committee on Pay and Employment Conditions. He has over 20 years' practical experience in all areas of human resource management, including senior HR roles with Lloyds Bank, Parke David Pharmaceuticals and Warner Lambert Confectionery. He has been at the forefront of work on harmonised performance-related pay structures and high performance work teams. Gareth is the author of the Financial Times Management Briefing, Designing and Managing a Pay Structure.

Executive summary

1. Employment tribunals

Introduction
The general background and jurisdiction
Structure of the Employment Tribunal Service
Time frames
Tribunal statistics

2. Avoiding tribunals

Introduction
Common problems and area of risk

3. Responding to a claim

Introduction
Preparing a defence
Completing the paperwork
Seeking independent advice

4. Options and preliminaries

Introduction

Settling the claim
ACAS concilliation
Arbitration
Alternative dispute resolution
Dismissal procedures agreements
Preliminary hearings

5. Types of cases

Introduction

Dismissal
Redundancy and transfers of undertakings
Equal pay
Discrimination
Employment protection
Contracts

6. Preparing for a tribunal

Introduction

Formulating the arguments
Collecting evidence and calling witnesses
Discovery and disclosure of documents
Producing bundles

7. Tribunal hearings

Introduction

Proceedings
Conduct
Representation
Awards and costs
Appeals

Appendix A. Frequently asked questions

Appendix B. Addresses of local employment tribunal offices

Erscheint lt. Verlag	23.2.2000
Verlagsort	Harlow
Sprache	englisch
Maße	209 x 297 mm
Gewicht	520 g
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► Arbeits- / Sozialrecht ► Arbeitsrecht
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Wirtschaft
ISBN-10	0-273-64469-6 / 0273644696
ISBN-13	978-0-273-64469-9 / 9780273644699
Zustand	Neuware