Wednesday, 31 July 2013

Rejection Of Employment Tribunal Claims and Responses

From 29 July 2013, there are new "sift" procedures where the Employment Tribunal has greater powers to reject a Claim or Response to a claim if they do not comply with the new Rules.

This makes it more important than ever before that the Claim or Response are properly drafted before they are submitted to the Employment Tribunal.

Some reasons why a Claim or Response can be rejected are:

  • If the Claim or Response is not in the correct form
  • If the Claim isn't accompanied by a fee or fee remission application
  • If the Claim cannot sensibly be responded to
  • If the Response does not state whether the employer wishes to resist any part of the Claim
  • If the Claim or Response is late

Although it may be possible to resubmit the Claim or Response after it has been rejected, by the time it is resubmitted, it may be out of time.


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Disclaimer
This blog post is intended for information only. It is not intended to amount to legal advice or be relied on in legal proceedings and readers are advised to take specialist legal advice at all times.