Employer tribunal

Hi there, I took my employer to employment tribunal for discrimination. PLEASE BE AWARE OF THE RULE  that Discrimination claims must (usually) be brought to the employment tribunal within three months of ANY discriminatory ACT occurring. Employers know this and will try to make any act "out of time" by delaying meetings etc. The one thing I will say you need is a Solicitor, and they need to be able to present your case at the tribunal.You should tell your employer and make sure you have a witness - that you are seeking an autism diagnosis and tell them what your difficulties are. ACAS are there to save money being spent from the public purse, they are not "there for you", however you will need to complete the ACAS requirements to go forward into a tribunal. Tribunals are about your employer breaking the law and you proving it, so it is not easy.

I took my employer to court many many years ago now, perhaps over 40yrs, for unfair dismissal. Place i worked was a family business started generations earlier. So the man who was the MD, knew the day he was born that one day, all this will be yours ....... ( a bit like the Queen and Charlie). It wasn't a happy office, many started and left, you could feel it. One day we were all called into the boardroom and this MD asked .... 'What is wrong' Everyone knew what was wrong, but nobody spoke up. I'm always the quiet one, i don't speak, but eventually when nobody else speaking, I said ...... it's you Mr.M.  you have a bad attitude towards workers. The meeting broke up, he said he'd consider what i'd said. My boss, the accountant called me into office and said, .... why did you say that, you're an idiot. His great-grandfather started this place and he'd have you put in the stocks, if you'd spoke out of turn. My boss said to me, you know what you've done don't you. you've just handed your notice in, you may aswell take your P45 now, He said, you mark my words, he'll bide his time and have you out. About 12mths later i was redundant, took them for unfair dismissal and won, but took compensation rather than my job back, i didn't  want to work the there. Looking back on that boardroom meeting 40yrs ago i wonder ...... was i always autistic but never knew ?  The MD had asked a question ..... what was wrong, everyone else in the room kept their mouths closed, but i told the truth as i saw it, in business politcs you sometimes have to lie.

I took my employer to court many many years ago now, perhaps over 40yrs, for unfair dismissal. Place i worked was a family business started generations earlier. So the man who was the MD, knew the day he was born that one day, all this will be yours ....... ( a bit like the Queen and Charlie). It wasn't a happy office, many started and left, you could feel it. One day we were all called into the boardroom and this MD asked .... 'What is wrong' Everyone knew what was wrong, but nobody spoke up. I'm always the quiet one, i don't speak, but eventually when nobody else speaking, I said ...... it's you Mr.M.  you have a bad attitude towards workers. The meeting broke up, he said he'd consider what i'd said. My boss, the accountant called me into office and said, .... why did you say that, you're an idiot. His great-grandfather started this place and he'd have you put in the stocks, if you'd spoke out of turn. My boss said to me, you know what you've done don't you. you've just handed your notice in, you may aswell take your P45 now, He said, you mark my words, he'll bide his time and have you out. About 12mths later i was redundant, took them for unfair dismissal and won, but took compensation rather than my job back, i didn't  want to work the there. Looking back on that boardroom meeting 40yrs ago i wonder ...... was i always autistic but never knew ?  The MD had asked a question ..... what was wrong, everyone else in the room kept their mouths closed, but i told the truth as i saw it, in business politcs you sometimes have to lie.