Claiming and responding
Information you need to know before making a claim to an employment tribunal or responding to a claim against you.
If you are making a claim, check the Jurisdiction list to confirm you have grounds to make a claim.
Making or Responding to a claim
- If you wish to complete (either an individual or multiple) ET1 Claim or ET3 Response form, please download version 6.1 of the form to your PC.
- In order to benefit from the full functionality of the forms, it is recommended that you save the form to your computer before starting to fill it in.
- Please do not post or fax a second copy of the form to us but keep a copy for your records.
Adobe 8
To use the form you must have the free Adobe Reader version 8 installed on your computer. You can download the Adobe Reader
click here.
When you are using Adobe 8 be sure to check the following settings before using the ET form:
- Select / Edit / Preferences / Javascript
- Make sure the top box 'Enable Acrobat Javascript' is ticked
- Make sure the next 2 boxes are NOT ticked
- Ensure the bottom box is ticked and report any problems you encounter
- Ignore the warning on the 'I agree' page.
Using the form
Once you have downloaded the form onto your computer please use the blue tabs on the home page of the form to:
- save a part or fully completed form;
- email the form to another person who will be able to make amendments to it and email it back to you; or
- print a copy of the form.
Submitting the form to the tribunal office
When you have completed the form please send it to the tribunal office by clicking on the red 'Submit form to ET' tab.
You will not be able to submit your form if you have not completed all the required information;
this information will be highlighted in yellow and must be completed before your form can be successfully submitted.
Your form will be forwarded to the tribunal office which deals with the postcode of the place where you worked.
Once your form has been received by the Employment Tribunal office you will receive an online confirmation
receipt containing a unique reference number.
Users who submit their forms through the website using either version of the ET1 or ET3 can be sure it reaches the office far quicker than by other methods.
Please keep a copy of the form for your records. Make sure your required printer is selected before clicking the Print button
Corporate users who wish to submit multiple claims
Corporate users wishing to submit large claims who have difficulty using the xml upload facility below,
can get advice by clicking here.
Corporate users can submit large multiples of claims using the data upload service Claim form (ET1) via XML upload.
This service will require you to convert your documents into XML (Extensible Markup Language) and register as a user.
Please refer to FAQs for more information or
you can view this presentation.
You can access the data upload facility from here.
In the event of a national or local postal strike users who submit their claim or response forms electronically can be sure they will be still be received in the relevant tribunal office, while forms that have been posted may not.
