Time Limits

Most claims must be received by the Employment Tribunal within 3 months of the date of the act you are complaining about. This means, for example, that you must lodge your claim with the Employment Tribunal within 3 months of the date of your dismissal (in unfair dismissal cases) or within 3 months of the date of discrimination (in discrimination cases). If you miss this deadline, you may be unable to take your claim any further. It is therefore essential that you send details of your claim to us in good time so that we can consider it carefully.

For this reason, we regret that we are unable to consider any claims where there is less than 1 calendar month remaining in which to lodge your claim with the Employment Tribunal. This is so that we have sufficient time to consider your claim fully. If there is less than 3 weeks remaining, we strongly suggest that you take independent legal advice now.