Making a claim to an Employment tri

Making a claim to an Employment tribunal This booklet also applies if you are appealing against: •an assessment to training levy made by an Industry Training Board; •an improvement or prohibition notice issued under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974; •a notice of underpayment issued under the National Minimum Wage Act 1998; •an unlawful act notice issued under the Equality Act 2010; or •any other notice where an appeal lies to the employment tribunal. If so, you will be referred to in the proceedings as the appellant and in this booklet where the word 'claimant' or 'claim' appears you should read it as 'appellant' and 'appeal'. Having a claim determined by an employment tribunal can take a few months. The average time from submitting your claim to the tribunal and getting a final decision in the 2011-12 financial years was 32 weeks. The length of time it takes to complete the process will depend on what your claim is about and the issues involved in your claim – if there are lots of issues, or they are complicated, your case may take longer than the average but if your claim is straightforward it may take less than the average time