Employment Tribunal ?

HappyG1rl

harl wrote: »

Hi toots , my friend's employer's issued new contract;s ,but in the new contract , stated that she would be working every sunday, she and her husband only have that day free to be a family .So she refused to agree to the new contract .the employer has now sacked her .Now with the help of a solicitor ,she is putting a claim in to a tribunal .She say,s that no amount of money will compansate for how she has been treated .she want,s her day in court . No amount of money can undo the shame of being sacked When all she was asking for is a day that the family can all be togther ,with her dying mother .

Tell your friend it isn't difficult to go through this process. You just have to stick to the deadlines. If they want their day in court they just have to make sure they don't agree to any out of court settlement put forward through ACAS by the former employer. Let the Tribunal chairman decide on the facts.

I kind of wish I had done this but I had so much other stuff going on at the same time.

One other thing I thought of and that is that you have to make sure all the detail of the complaint is in the claim and documentation pack that will be put together by both sides beforehand so make sure nothing important is omitted. I don't think you can raise points in the tribunal that are new that you forgot to put in originally.

It might be worth telephoning the tribunal ofice and arranging to attend a tribunal as a spectator to understand what goes on in one beforehand. That's what I was planning to do so that I would be okay on the day.

Tell your friend "Good luck" from me.