Section 93 — Complaints to employment tribunal.
Extent: E+W+S
This version in force from 1998-08-01
Snapshot: 2026-08-24
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(1) A complaint may be presented to an [F1 employment tribunal] by an employee on the ground that—
(a) the employer unreasonably failed to provide a written statement under section 92, or
(b) the particulars of reasons given in purported compliance with that section are inadequate or untrue.
(2) Where an [F1 employment tribunal] finds a complaint under this section well-founded, the tribunal—
(a) may make a declaration as to what it finds the employer’s reasons were for dismissing the employee, and
(b) shall make an award that the employer pay to the employee a sum equal to the amount of two weeks’ pay.
(3) An [F1 employment tribunal] shall not consider a complaint under this section relating to the reasons for a dismissal unless it is presented to the tribunal at such a time that the tribunal would, in accordance with section 111, consider a complaint of unfair dismissal in respect of that dismissal presented at the same time.
Amendment notes
- F1 Words in s. 93(1)-(3) and sidenote to s. 93 substituted (1.8.1998) by 1998 c. 8, s. 1(2)(a) (with s. 16(2)); S.I. 1998/1658, art. 2(1), Sch. 1