What is the deadline for employment interim relief?
An eligible interim relief application must be presented to the Employment Tribunal within seven days immediately following the effective date of termination. This is a short and strict period.
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Worked example
- Example input
- 03/08/2026
- Expected result
- Monday 10 August 2026
Employment ended on Monday 3 August 2026.
The calculator applies the seven-day statutory period from the effective termination date. The limited causes of action and exact termination date still control.
How this deadline is counted
- Period
- Seven days
- Trigger
- Effective date of termination
- Direction
- Forward from the effective date of termination
- Counting method
- Seven 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.
Employment Rights Act 1996, section 128. Employment Rights Act 1996, section 128. Employment Tribunal Procedure Rules 2024 and cited statute checked 06/08/2026
Exceptions and matter facts
- Interim relief is available only for specified automatically unfair dismissal grounds.
- The production rule record treats this as a strict deadline with no encoded extension mechanism.
Deadline Engine is calculation software, not legal advice. Check the current rule, any order and the facts before adding a date to your diary.