Employment Tribunal deadline
ET1 unlawful deduction from wages deadline calculator
An unlawful deduction from wages claim must usually reach the Employment Tribunal within three months less one day from the date the wages were due. ACAS Early Conciliation can change the final date.
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At a glance
What the calculator applies
- Period
- Three calendar months less one day
- Trigger
- Date the wages were due or the deduction was made
- Direction
- Forward from the deduction date
- Counting method
- Calendar months, then subtract one day
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Calculation basis
How the date is counted
Calendar months, then subtract one day
The calendar-month calculation preserves the corresponding date where possible. The calculator shows any resulting month-end treatment.
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Exceptions and matter facts
- A series of deductions has separate statutory treatment, including which deduction starts time and the applicable backstop.
- ACAS Early Conciliation changes the calculation. A late claim requires the statutory not-reasonably-practicable test to be considered.
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