The Employment Tribunals Handbook: Practice, Procedure and Strategies for Success Paperback

The Employment Tribunals Handbook offers a comprehensive guide to bringing and defending a claim in the employment tribunal covering every stage from pre-action procedure and protocols through to conducting the hearing itself. The Employment Tribunals Handbook is a step-by-step guide and includes worked examples throughout to aid clarity and ease of comprehension.

It also includes all relevant developments in case law since the previous edition. Includes coverage of the following: Reforms to the employment tribunal rules as proposed by Mr Justice Underhill; The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill; Miscellaneous reforms, most importantly the introduction of fees for the filing of a Tribunal claim, changes to whistleblowing laws and the introduction of employee-shareholder (where the employee waves certain employment rights).

Pro bono representation and organisations; Direct Access (access to specialist barristers without using a solicitor); Detailed guidance on the tribunals' and government's increasing emphasis on awards of costs in employment tribunals; Tips on how to avoid costs; List of dos and don'ts and potential pitfalls.

Previous edition ISBN: 9781847666727