PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Employment Tribunals Service (22 October 2024)

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.

Asked by:
Dr Simon Opher (Labour)

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 amendment during the passage of the Employment Rights Bill.

Answered by:
Justin Madders (Labour)
28 October 2024