I set out here a small number of website addresses that are most likely to be directly relevant to you. This selection should serve as a starting point to lead you to many other worthwhile sites but will not, I hope, give you terminal information overload. The sites give terrific value in themselves.
http://www.ets.gov.uk/ This is the Employment Tribunals site and provides helpful background information about the Tribunals and how to make a claim, the types of claim that you can make and the publications you can get hold of. It is most useful for providing an on-line service for lodging a formal Tribunal claim against an employer or responding to a claim. It has lots of useful links that I have not listed here.
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/ Originally known as The Stationery Office but now the Office of Public Sector Information its pages take you in to most of the Statutes you will want to read on Employment Law but not all as 1988 is the starting date of the service and 1987 for Statutory Instruments. You can access draft legislation if you want to see what’s coming next.
http://www.berr.gov.uk/ The BERR site is huge with masses of information, links and publications on work and business. This address takes you straight to the Employment Relations pages where, amongst many goodies, you will find a very helpful series of Guidance Notes on most employment law subjects and further links which make this well worth a visit.
http://www.dpr.gov.uk This address hides the site of the Information Commissioner - Data Protection chief in more commonly known language. Here you will find useful information about whether you need to register and notifying your data use. You can also search the Register which is not always up to date.
http://www.acas.org.uk/ The Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration Service site is truly dedicated to informing and helping both employers and employees. Publications on-line or in hard copy on any employment law subject you care to mention, a wealth of Q & A, and specimen forms for dealing with formal procedures. Kept well up to date.
http://www.lawsociety.org.uk/ and http://www.sra.org.uk/ Visiting the Law Society and solicitors Regulation Authority sites may not seem to be a “must” on a busy web tourist’s list of sites but I am mentioning it for their prodigious selection of legal-oriented links and for access to the professional standards required of solicitors.
