Section 27BN — Complaints to employment tribunals

(1) [F1 A worker may present a complaint to an employment tribunal that the worker’s employer has failed to comply with a duty imposed by section 27BJ or 27BK.]

(2) [F1 Where, in determining whether a complaint under this section is well-founded, the tribunal must determine whether reasonable notice has been given, the tribunal must have regard, in particular, to such of the specified matters as are appropriate in the circumstances.]

(3) [F1 An employment tribunal must not consider a complaint under this section unless it is presented before the end of the period of six months beginning with—]

(a) [F1 where the complaint is that the employer failed to comply with a duty imposed by section 27BJ(1), (2) or (3) in relation to a shift, the day on which the shift was due to start;]

(b) [F1 where the complaint is that the employer failed to comply with the duty imposed by section 27BK(2) in relation to the cancellation of a shift, the day on which the shift would have started (if the shift had not been cancelled);]

(c) [F1 where the complaint is that the employer failed to comply with the duty imposed by section 27BK(2) in relation to a change to a shift, the day on which the shift as changed was due to start or, where the shift was changed on or after its start, the day on which the shift started.]

(4) [F1 But, if the employment tribunal is satisfied that it was not reasonably practicable for a complaint to be presented before the end of the relevant period of six months, the tribunal may consider the complaint if it is presented within such further period as the tribunal considers reasonable.]

(5) [F1 Section 207B (extension of time limits to facilitate conciliation before institution of proceedings) applies for the purposes of subsection (3).]

Amendment notes

1. F1 Pt. 2A Ch. 3 inserted (6.1.2026 for specified purposes) by Employment Rights Act 2025 (c. 36), ss. 2, 159(3); S.I. 2026/3, reg. 2(2)(b)