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"<p>You can be taken to an employment tribunal by an employee or someone else (for example a job applicant or trade union) over various issues, including:</p>\n\n<ul>\n  <li>pay</li>\n  <li>dismissal</li>\n  <li>discrimination</li>\n</ul>\n\n<div role=\"note\" aria-label=\"Information\" class=\"application-notice info-notice\">\n<p>This guide is also available <a href=\"/rhywun-yn-mynd-a-chi-i-dribiwnlys-cyflogaeth\">in Welsh (Cymraeg)</a>.</p>\n</div>\n\n<p>The tribunal is independent of government and will listen to you (the ‘respondent’) and the other party (the ‘claimant’) before making a decision.</p>\n\n<p>You may have to pay compensation or reinstate the claimant if you lose the case.</p>\n\n<h2 id=\"solve-the-dispute-without-a-hearing\">Solve the dispute without a hearing</h2>\n\n<p>You’ll be contacted by the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (<abbr title=\"Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service\">Acas</abbr>) if someone wants to make a claim against you. They’ll offer to work with you and the claimant to try to solve the problem without it going to a tribunal - this is called ‘conciliation’.</p>\n\n<p>Call <abbr title=\"Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service\">Acas</abbr> for help and advice.</p>\n\n<div class=\"contact\">\n<p>Acas  <br>\nTelephone: 0300 123 11 00   <br>\nTextphone: 18001 0300 123 1100 <br>\nMonday to Friday, 8am to 6pm<br>\n<a href=\"/call-charges\">Find out about call charges</a></p>\n</div>\n\n<h2 id=\"respond-to-a-claim\">Respond to a claim</h2>\n\n<p>The tribunal will send you a letter (known as a ‘response pack’) if a claim has been made against you and conciliation has not worked. You can respond either:</p>\n\n<ul>\n  <li><a rel=\"external\" href=\"https://tribunal-response.employmenttribunals.service.gov.uk\">online</a></li>\n  <li>by filling out and returning the response pack you’re sent</li>\n  <li>by downloading and filling in the <a href=\"/government/publications/respond-to-a-claim-made-to-an-employment-tribunal-form-et3\">response form</a> and sending it to the <a href=\"/employment-tribunal-offices-and-venues\">tribunal office</a> dealing with the case</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>Read the <a href=\"/government/publications/responding-to-a-claim-to-an-employment-tribunal-details-of-a-hearing-to-be-sent-t423\">response guidance</a> before you fill in the form.</p>\n\n<div role=\"note\" aria-label=\"Warning\" class=\"application-notice help-notice\">\n<p>You must respond to the claim within 28 days.</p>\n</div>\n\n<p>You may be able to get more time to respond - ask the tribunal. If you’re late or do not respond, the tribunal may make a decision against you without a hearing.</p>\n\n<h3 id=\"offer-the-claimant-compensation\">Offer the claimant compensation</h3>\n\n<p>You can try to settle the case at any time by offering to pay compensation to the claimant (known as a ‘<a rel=\"external\" href=\"http://www.acas.org.uk/index.aspx?articleid=4395\">settlement agreement</a>’).</p>\n\n<h3 id=\"get-help-or-legal-advice\">Get help or legal advice</h3>\n\n<p>You may want to <a href=\"/find-a-legal-adviser\">get legal advice</a> if a claim is made against you.</p>\n\n<p>Call the employment tribunal enquiry line for general guidance on how the process works. They cannot give you legal advice.</p>\n\n<div class=\"contact\">\n<p>Employment Tribunal customer contact centre <br>\nTelephone: 0300 123 1024 (England and Wales)<br>\nTelephone: 0300 303 5176 (Welsh language)<br>\nTelephone: 0300 790 6234 (Scotland) <br>\nTextphone: 18001 0300 123 1024 (England and Wales)<br>\nTextphone: 18001 0300 790 6234 (Scotland)<br>\n<a href=\"/call-charges\">Find out about call charges</a></p>\n</div>\n\n<h2 id=\"if-youre-in-northern-ireland\">If you’re in Northern Ireland</h2>\n\n<p>Your case will be dealt with by the <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http://www.employmenttribunalsni.co.uk/\">Office of Industrial Tribunals and the Fair Employment Tribunal</a>.</p>\n\n"
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