An Employment Tribunal is not good news for any employer. Even if your defence is successful, it is a costly exercise in both time and money, and does little to enhance morale or your reputation with your staff. At worst, an emplyee bringing a tribunal against you may encourage others to do the same
Our real art is in making the threat of a Tribunal go away. If the claim is in any way spurious, it is likely that we can gain the evidence that will highlight that. When the other party becomes aware that the evidence against them will be presented, it is most often the case that the matter is withdrawn
A claimant does not need to pay fees to make an employment tribunal claim, heralding the return of spurious claims against employers
According to a recent survey, employees are more informed than ever as to their employment rights. 89% of employees say they would consider making a claim to a tribunal
We have assisted many companies in defence of claims made against them, rooting out and providing evidence of fraudulent statements and misrepresentation. In the unfortunate event that you find your business defending such an action, please come and talk to us - in the least we can promise to provide ideas of how best to approach the problem and work out a strategy
BBC TV were with our investigators on a moonlighting case - watch video
Surveillance and Research are often the two keys to exposing a fraudulent claim, although other disciplines such as computer forensics and fingerprinting often have a role. All our work is carried out in-house, using our own people who have experience and many stories to tell regarding errant employees
As an Employer you should study and be aware of the new statutory and disciplinary procedures, however if you are potentially defending a case, talk to us regardless of whatever stage matters have reached. Win or lose, going to tribunal is an expensive business, with unrecoverable costs
Some claims are spurious at best, and work in supporting your evidence through investigative technique will pay massive dividends - especially if the employee is claiming they are unable to work as a result of a grievance and you know this not to be the case
For practical assistance and consultation on this difficult issue contact us in the first instance either by email to info@private-detectives.co.uk or by telephoning 020 7158 0332 and discussing the matter with our commercial team
The Daily Telegraph report on our involvement with the sacking and subsequent Employment Tribunal of a prep teacher dismissed for allowing his pupils to access pornographic images
A relationship with us as Corporate Investigators lets you resolve those issues facing your business for which there does not seem an easy resolution - we have experienced commercial detectives