Dispute Resolution at Work: Employees Take Note

The Employment Act 2002 (Dispute Resolution) Regulations 2004 require all employers, regardless of size, to operate minimum statutory grievance and disciplinary procedures. However, it also stipulates that employees will normally be disqualified from bringing an unfair dismissal claim, or most other claims, in an employment tribunal unless they have first followed the statutory procedure. However, the first cases concerning the procedures suggest that the courts are taking a broad view as to what constitutes a grievance letter and are relaxed as to the failure to use the grievance procedures laid down by the employer. For example, a solicitors’ letter would be sufficient to qualify as a grievance letter.

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