Happyeater, I am glad that, as a consumer of Employment Tribunal services, you have found them to be informal and straightforward. They were always supposed to be like that, but in my experience, regrettably, they rarely are. Having said that, no one with the wit to become a flying instructor ought to feel intimidated by the Tribunal process, as it ain't, as we say, physicus missilis.
PS: There is a small error in Happyeater's posting on the contract of employment point. The employer is obliged to provide a written statement of particulars of employment (not necessarily a full contract) within two months of the commencement of employment. The brief summary of the law on deductions from pay is not quite accurate either, but here is not the place to go into detail on that, and the gist of what Happyeater says is correct.
Last edited by FNG; 25th July 2004 at 08:59.