What cases will an employment tribunal deal with?

These are the main areas of employment law dealt with by tribunals:

• equal pay
• age discrimination
• sex discrimination
• race discrimination
• disability discrimination
• discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation
• discrimination on the grounds of religion or belief
• business transfers
• discrimination on the basis of trade union membership/non-membership, or activities
• time off rights for pension fund trustees, trade union and safety representatives
• wages issues, including national minimum wage and unlawful deductions
• wrongful dismissal (breach of contract)
• unfair dismissal
• redundancy
• "whistle blowing"
• working time, part-time working and fixed-term working
• the right to be accompanied, or to accompany a colleague at a disciplinary or grievance hearing in the workplace
• the right to campaign for or against trade union recognition
• dismissal for taking lawful industrial action
• parental leave, maternity leave, leave for family emergencies or flexible working
• dismissal for asserting a statutory right
• written statement of employment particulars
• written reasons for dismissal.

There are also some other highly specialist, and rarely raised, issues.