Section 128 — Employment Rights Act 1996: Interim relief pending determination of complaint.

Interim relief pending determination of complaint. 128 1 An employee who presents a complaint to an employment tribunal that he has been unfairly dismissed and—

a that the reason (or if more than one the principal reason) for the dismissal is one of those specified in—

i section 100(1)(a) and (b), 101A(1)(d), 102(1), 103 or 103A, or ii paragraph 161(2) of Schedule A1 to the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992, or b that the reason (or, if more than one, the principal reason) for which the employee was selected for dismissal was the one specified in the opening words of section 104F(1) and the condition in paragraph (a) or (b) of that subsection was met, may apply to the tribunal for interim relief.

2 The tribunal shall not entertain an application for interim relief unless it is presented to the tribunal before the end of the period of seven days immediately following the effective date of termination (whether before, on or after that date).

3 The tribunal shall determine the application for interim relief as soon as practicable after receiving the application.

4 The tribunal shall give to the employer not later than seven days before the date of the hearing a copy of the application together with notice of the date, time and place of the hearing.

5 The tribunal shall not exercise any power it has of postponing the hearing of an application for interim relief except where it is satisfied that special circumstances exist which justify it in doing so.