Employment Relationships: Tribunal Hearing, Unfair Dismissal, Collective Bargaining, Direct Discrimination, Employee Engagement

Employment relationships Online Exam

CONTENTS
QUESTION – 1..........................................................................................................................1
QUESTION – 2..........................................................................................................................2
QUESTION – 5..........................................................................................................................4
QUESTION – 6..........................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES...........................................................................................................................7

QUESTION – 1
a). Employment tribunal hearing deals with the legal disputes related to the work. At the
hearing, the employee tribunal will hear the case and based on that makes a decision at the
hearing. This is often being referred as the final or substantive hearing. The detailed process
is being explained underneath:
 Early conciliation – This is the stage where the conciliator makes discussion about the
issues from both the parties being involved.
 Claim – It is important on the part of employees to submit ET1 claim form to the
employment tribunal generally in between 3 months from the cause of the complaint.
 Defence – This is the phase wherein the respondents present their case in front of the
ET within specified period of 28 days from the date on which the tribunal have sent out
the ET1.
 Assessment of merits – on the basis of the submission, the case will be review by
employment tribunal and makes decision about the future events.
 Preliminary hearing – After receiving and accepting of the claim and response, the ET
makes decision regarding the best way of managing the progression of the case.
 Clarification of claim – At this stage, often parties being involved aske for more data in
regards with the other case of other party (Hobbs, Waite and Payne, 2021).
 Schedule of loss – ET gives order to set out the remedy and employees could also make
preparation for counter schedule.
 Settlement discussion – Terms of settlement might be proposed from both the parties at
this stage.
 Disclosure – This is the phase where all the documents about the applicable problems
are revealed to the other party.
 Preparation of joint hearing bundle – The bundle involves all the documents which
both the parties agrees that they are applicable and must be taken into account.
 Preparation of judicial mediation – This involves preparing in regards with mediation
bundle and position statement or settlement agreement for forming a basis. At this stage
both the parties can also resolve the dispute.
 Witness statement – It comprises giving the evidence that the party desire to put.
 Preparation of chronology – It is an agreed timeline for the key events.
 Preparation of hearing – Witnesses are being prepared for hearing.
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