Equality and Human Rights Commission

Resources to help advisers take a discrimination claim to an employment tribunal

Below are a series of questionnaire guidance booklets published by Tamara Lewis at the Central London Law Centre.  

Discrimination in employment - general issues

• Identifying discrimination in employment - information and guidance for general advisers to help ensure they do not miss potential discrimination cases

Identifying discrimination in employment (Pdf)

• Information to help the claimant understand the process of discrimination cases

The discrimination claimant’s companion: a client’s guide to discrimination cases in employment tribunals (Word)

• Data Protection and Freedom of Information and discrimination cases

Using the Data Protection Act and Freedom of Information Act in Employment Discrimination cases (Word) 

The questionnaire procedures

• All cases of discrimination in employment : religion and belief, sexual orientation, age, disability, sex, race and the questionnaire procedure:

How to use the questionnaire procedure in all cases of discrimination in employment (Word)

• Age discrimination and the questionnaire procedure:

How to use the Questionnaire procedure in cases of age discrimination in employment (Word)

• Disability discrimination and the questionnaire procedure:

How to use the Questionnaire procedure in cases of disability discrimination in employment (Word) 

• Race discrimination and the questionnaire procedure:

How to use the questionnaire procedure in cases of race discrimination in employment (Word) 

• Sex discrimination and the questionnaire procedure:

How to use the Questionnaire procedure in cases of sex discrimination in employment (Word) 

Please note: the questionnaires themselves can be found under Key legislation

Providing evidence

• Disability Discrimination Act - Reasonable adjustments  
  • Proving disability and reasonable adjustments: A worker’s guide to evidence under the DDA (Word)
  • DDA - Employers guide to reasonable adjustments (Word)
• Discrimination in relation to redundancy

Redundancy Discrimination - Law and evidence for tribunal cases (Word)

Overview of the tribunal process

Key questions when considering and preparing to take a case to employment tribunal