Northants Rights & Equity Council

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Created on Monday, 23 May 2011 17:18

It maybe that in the current economic environment there are changes in your workplace or in public services that you may have had in the past. If you feel that these changes are made on the basis of your:

age, disability, gender, nationality, national origin, pregnancy or childcare responsibilities, race, religion, sexuality, sexual orientation, transgenderstatus

or is a policy that is applied equally but puts

you and/or other people in a particular group (similar age, disability, gender, nationality, national origin, pregnancy or chidl care responsibilities, race, religion, sexuality or sexual orientation) in your workplace at a disadvantage, you may be experiencing discrimination.

It is not lawful to select for redundancy on the basis of age or on the basis that you have taken maternity or paternity leave in the past .

We can help people who:  

¨ live and/or work in Wellingborough, Northampton,  Kettering and East  Northamptonshire areas

¨ has an Employment, Goods and Service or Human Rights complaint which falls within the scope of our casework policy.

¨ A tribunal claim for redundancy pay must be made within 6 months

Are You in Time?

You must lodge a complaint of discrimination in an employment tribunal within 3 months minus 1 day of the act of discrimination.

You must raise a written grievance in advance of an employment tribunal application. A complaint about discrimination in goods and services must be made within 6 months

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