A couple of important changes to Employment Tribunals, feel free to contact ConciseHR to talk these through.  Effective now:

• Claimants must now send details of their dispute to ACAS before they can initiate an employment tribunal claim.  ACAS role will be to attempt conciliation and settlement
• Employment Tribunals can levy a financial penality of up to £5000 on employers found to have breached an employee’s employment rights.