Employment Tribunal deadline
ET3 response deadline calculator
An ET3 response must normally be presented within 28 days of the date the Tribunal sent the respondent a copy of the ET1 claim form. Enter the date shown on the Tribunal correspondence.
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At a glance
What the calculator applies
- Period
- 28 days
- Trigger
- Date the Tribunal sent the ET1 claim form
- Direction
- Forward from the date sent by the Tribunal
- Counting method
- 28 calendar days in the Employment Tribunal calculator
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Calculation basis
How the date is counted
28 calendar days in the Employment Tribunal calculator
If the calculated end date is not a working day, the calculator applies its encoded next-working-day adjustment.
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Exceptions and matter facts
- Use the Tribunal correspondence date, not the date the response papers were opened.
- An application for an extension and the consequences of a late response must be checked under the current Rules.
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