Useful Information

Online Services

Online services allows you to make a claim or respond to a claim to the Industrial Tribunals and/or The Fair Employment Tribunal for Northern Ireland. You must register with the site in order to use these services.
A claim form, ET1(NI), is also available on PDF for downloading - see Publications.
This page also provides information on the weekly hearing schedule of the Industrial Tribunals and The Fair Employment Tribunal and the main decisions of these tribunals which have been issued since January 2007.

Making a Claim

Before going on-line to make a claim you may find it helpful to consider the following information which is available on this website:

Before making a claim
Information required for a claim
Statutory dispute resolution procedures
Getting help with the claim
Representation
Receipt of the claim
Further correspondance
Withdrawal of a claim

Responding to a Claim

Before going on-line to respond to a claim in which you have been named as a respondent, you may find it helpful to consider the following information which is available on this website:

Notice of the claim
Responding to the claim
What if I cannot make the deadline for a response?
What will happen if I do not send in my response or if the tribunal does not accept it?
Taking no further part in proceedings
Representation

Useful Information

This page contains, contact details for those organisations which may be of assistance if you are making a claim or responding to a claim to the tribunals.

The Office of the Tribunals is not responsible for the contents or reliability of the linked websites and does not necessarily endorse the views expressed within them.

Citizens Advice Bureau
To find details of your local Citizens Advice Bureau visit www.citizensadvice.co.uk or ring 02890 231120

Citizens Advice - Helps people resolve their legal, money and other problems by providing free information and advice.

Department for Employment and Learning
Employment Rights Division
Adelaide House
39 - 49 Adelaide Street
Belfast BT2 6FD
Tel (028) 9025 7558
www.delni.gov.uk/er

The Employment Rights series of booklets and other related publications provide general guidance on employment law. This material should not be regarded as a complete or authoritative statement of the law and you should be alert to the possibility of developments in case law that might affect the rights and responsibilities described.

Health and Safety Executive
83 Ladas Drive
Belfast BT6 9FR
Tel (028) 9024 3249
email: hseni@detini.gov.uk
Website: www.hseni.gov.uk

The HSENI is the lead body responsible for the promotion and enforcement of health and safety at work standards in Northern Ireland.

Labour Relations Agency
2-8 Gordon Street
Belfast BT1 2LG
Tel (028) 9032 1442
email: info@lra.org.uk
website: www.lra.org.uk

Labour Relations Agency
District Office
1 - 3 Guildhall Street
Londonderry BT48 6BJ
Tel (028) 7126 9639
email: info@lra.org.uk
website: www.lra.org.uk

The Labour Relations Agency provides an impartial and confidential employment relations service to those engaged in industry, commerce and the public services. The Agency's services include the provision of advice on good employment practices and assistance with the development and implementation of employment policies and procedures. The Agency is also active in resolving disputes through its conciliation, mediation and arbitration services.

The Northern Ireland Legal Services Commission
2nd Floor Waterfront Plaza
8 Laganbank Road
Mays Meadow
Belfast BT1 3BN
Telephone: (028) 9040 8888
website:www.nilsc.org.u k

The NILSC promote fair and equal access to justice in Northern Ireland in its provision of publicly funded legal servces.

The Equality Commission for Northern Ireland
Equality House
7-9 Shaftesbury Square
Belfast BT2 7DP
Tel (028) 9050 0600
email: information@equalityni.org
Website: www.equalityni.org

The Equality Commission for NI is an independent public body established under the Northern Ireland Act 1998. Their mission is to advance equality, promote equality of opportunity, encourage good relations and challenge discrimination through promotion, advice and enforcement.

Law Centre (NI)
124 Donegall Street
Belfast BT1 2GY
Tel (028) 9024 4401
email:-admin.belfast@lawcentreni.org
Website: www.lawcentreni.org

Law Centre (NI)
Western Area Office
9 Clarendon Street
Derry BT48 7EP
Tel. (028) 7126 2343
email:- admin.derry@lawcentreniwest.org
Website: www.lawcentreni.org

Law Centre (NI) are a referral organisation and do not offer an advice service directly to the public. They will only be in a position to reply to advice queries from members of the Law Centre. Members of the public who are not affiliated to the Law Centre should contact independent advice centres and CABs for advice. Cases will be referred to the Law Centre where appropriate.
The Law Centre (NI) website (above) contains specific information on the rights of employees and information on the rights of migrant workers.

Redundancy Payments Service
Deptartment for Employment and Learning
Adelaide House
39 - 49 Adelaide Street
Belfast BT2 8FD
Tel (028) 90257956
Freephone 0800585811
email:- rpsquery@delni.gov.uk
website: redundancyni.gov.uk/

The Redundancy Payments Service website is aimed at two distinct groups:
EMPLOYEES
As an employee who has been made redundant you will be able to make an on-line application for a redundancy payment. If your employer is legally insolvent then certain wage related debts which your employer has not paid you can also be claimed. The most common debts are Arrears of Pay, Holiday Pay, Pay-in-Lieu of Notice and Unpaid Pension Contributions.

EMPLOYER REPRESENTATIVES
As an Employers Representative you will be able to provide electronically the most common forms of information relating to the employer you have been engaged to represent which would normally be provided to the Redundancy Payments Service via mail