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Employment Tribunals

When you are made redundant, your old employer should comply with certain legal requirements both in the selection of staff for redundancy and in the application of the process. If you disagree with your employer about your entitlement to a redundancy payment, you can take the matter to an employment tribunal. You can do this at any time, but you may lose your right to a payment if you do not take certain steps within six months of the day your job ends, or the date any new job ends with your employer, an associated employer or an employer who takes over the business.

If you have made a written claim to your employer or contacted an employment tribunal within six months, you cannot lose your right to a payment because of delay. If you do not take any of the steps mentioned above within the first six months, but take one of those steps within the following six months, the employment tribunal may still decide that you should receive a payment. They will consider the reason for the delay and all the circumstances. If you want to apply to a tribunal please ask at a Jobcentre Plus office for a form IT1 and leaflet or phone the Helpline 0845 145 0004 (as of January 2004).

When you apply to an employment tribunal, you should name your employer as the respondent on the application form. If your employer is insolvent, you should add the words “in receivership” or “in liquidation” to your employer's name. You should give the name and address of the receiver or liquidator separately, if you know it.

If the tribunal awards you a redundancy payment, but you do not receive it, ask the Redundancy Payments Office for advice.