Guidance

Employment tribunals powers: their use and application

This document provides an explanation of the powers available to employment tribunals, with examples illustrating how these powers have been used.

• From: Department for Business and Trade and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
• Published: 21 February 2019

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Employment tribunals powers: tribunal user guidance on use and application

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Details

This document provides an explanation of the powers available to employment tribunals, with examples to illustrate how these powers have been used.

Either party in the tribunal, the employer or employee, can request the use of the powers.

The guidance includes:

• an outline of the purpose and limits of the powers
• an explanation of how to ask tribunals to make use of the powers
• evidence that poor behaviour or conduct in bringing or defending a claim or response can have financial consequences

Published 21 February 2019