Written questions

Employment Tribunals Service

Commons · Question 10535 · Tabled 22 Oct 2024 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 28 Oct 2024

Question

Asked by Simon Opher

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to increase the time limit for access to the Employment Tribunal from three months to six months after an incident of workplace discrimination.

Answer

Answered by Justin Madders, 28 Oct 2024

The Government is committed to increasing employment tribunal time limits from 3-6 months, which is in line with the Law Commission recommendation from 2020. Measures to extend the time limit for bringing claims to Employment Tribunals will be added via a...