# Aricase

> Aricase is a plain-English employment tribunal guidance platform for employees and workers in England and Wales. It guides you through building your own case: AI helps you check whether you have a claim and prepare it step by step, and an employment law specialist checks your case before you act. Free guides, calculators and a glossary are open to everyone; case-building runs on a monthly subscription (Guidance £80/month or Guidance Expert £125/month). It is legal information, not legal advice.
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> Aricase is not a law firm and does not provide legal representation.
> Aricase is a trading name of Arc and Delta Ltd (company no. 17240873), registered in England and Wales. More about the company: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aricase/, https://www.instagram.com/aricase.ai, https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/aricase.

## Key pages

- [Home](https://aricase.ai/): What Aricase does and how it works
- [About](https://aricase.ai/about): Who is behind Aricase and how it is designed
- [FAQ](https://aricase.ai/faq): Common questions about claims, deadlines and pricing
- [Employment law guides](https://aricase.ai/resources): All free guides, organised by topic
- [Glossary](https://aricase.ai/glossary): Plain-English definitions of employment-law terms
- [Contact](https://aricase.ai/contact): Support and enquiries

## Tools

- [Employment tribunal deadline calculator](https://aricase.ai/tools/tribunal-deadline-calculator): Enter your dates to see your time limit for starting a claim.
- [Statutory notice period calculator](https://aricase.ai/tools/notice-period-calculator): Enter your dates to see the minimum notice you are owed - and must give.
- [Statutory redundancy pay calculator](https://aricase.ai/tools/redundancy-pay-calculator): Enter your age, dates and pay to see your statutory redundancy entitlement.
- [Employment claim value estimator](https://aricase.ai/tools/claim-value-calculator): Enter your salary, service and claim type for an indicative ballpark of what your claim could be worth.
- [Unfair dismissal basic award calculator](https://aricase.ai/tools/unfair-dismissal-compensation-calculator): Enter your age, dates and pay to work out the statutory basic award.
- [Employment tribunal award data](https://aricase.ai/tools/employment-tribunal-award-data): Browse the median, average and highest tribunal awards by claim type, from official MoJ figures.

## Guides

- [Age Discrimination at Work: Your Rights Under the Equality Act](https://aricase.ai/resources/age-discrimination-at-work): Age discrimination in England and Wales: direct and indirect discrimination, harassment, victimisation, justification, retirement, and tribunal time limits.
- [Employment Tribunal Hearing Bundle: How to Prepare One](https://aricase.ai/resources/employment-tribunal-hearing-bundle): How hearing bundles work in employment tribunals in England and Wales: who prepares them, indexing, pagination, what goes in, joint bundles, and common mistakes.
- [Employment Tribunal Witness Statements: How to Write Yours](https://aricase.ai/resources/employment-tribunal-witness-statement): How to write an employment tribunal witness statement in England and Wales: structure, statement of truth, chronology, bundle page numbers, and common mistakes.
- [Subject Access Request (DSAR) at Work: How to Get Your Employment Data](https://aricase.ai/resources/subject-access-request-at-work): How to make a Data Subject Access Request to your employer under UK GDPR: what you can ask for, the one-month deadline, DUAA 2025 stop-the-clock, and exemptions.
- [TUPE Employee Rights: What Happens When Your Employer Changes](https://aricase.ai/resources/tupe-employee-rights): TUPE explained for employees in England and Wales: when it applies, automatic transfer of employment, consultation, changing terms, and transfer-connected dismissal.
- [Unfair Redundancy Selection: When a Redundancy Can Be Unfair](https://aricase.ai/resources/unfair-redundancy-selection): How redundancy selection should work in England and Wales: fair pools, objective criteria, consultation, alternatives, and when a redundancy may be unfair dismissal.
- [Using ChatGPT, Claude, Grok or Perplexity for Your Employment Claim: What Generic AI Gets Wrong](https://aricase.ai/resources/chatgpt-employment-claim-risks): Where ChatGPT, Claude, Grok and Perplexity go wrong on UK employment tribunal claims: missed deadlines, stale figures, invented cases, and no human check.
- [Unfair Dismissal Claims: What the Data Actually Shows](https://aricase.ai/resources/unfair-dismissal-claim-data): What official MoJ and Acas figures reveal about unfair dismissal claims: how many are brought, how they end, typical awards, and what the numbers mean for your own claim.
- [Disability Discrimination at Tribunal: What the Data Actually Shows](https://aricase.ai/resources/disability-discrimination-claim-data): What official MoJ figures reveal about disability discrimination tribunal claims - how they are decided, the compensation range, injury-to-feelings awards, and what the numbers mean for you.
- [How to Get Employment Tribunal Help in England and Wales: Your Options Compared](https://aricase.ai/resources/employment-tribunal-help-options-compared): Compare your options for employment tribunal help in England and Wales: solicitor, no-win-no-fee, self-representation, and self-serve case-building tools.
- [Redundancy Claims: What the Data Shows](https://aricase.ai/resources/redundancy-claim-data): What the figures show about redundancy at tribunal - statutory redundancy pay, unfair selection claims, protective awards for failure to consult, and how these outcomes are decided.
- [What to Do Before Making an Employment Tribunal Claim](https://aricase.ai/resources/what-to-do-before-an-employment-tribunal-claim): Steps to take before an employment tribunal claim in England and Wales: check your deadline, raise a grievance, appeal, then go through ACAS Early Conciliation.
- [The Employment Tribunal Process, Step by Step: What Happens and When](https://aricase.ai/resources/employment-tribunal-process-step-by-step): The full employment tribunal journey in England and Wales, stage by stage: ACAS Early Conciliation, the ET1 and ET3, case management, evidence, and the final hearing - and how long each stage typically takes.
- [Representing Yourself at Tribunal: How to Get Through It Without It Breaking You](https://aricase.ai/resources/self-representation-wellbeing): A tribunal claim is a marathon, not a sprint. Practical ways to protect your wellbeing, manage the stress and the waiting, and stay effective while representing yourself.
- [ADHD and Neurodivergence at Work: Your Rights and Adjustments](https://aricase.ai/resources/adhd-neurodivergence-work-rights): When ADHD, autism, dyslexia and other neurodivergent conditions count as a disability, the reasonable adjustments you can ask for, and what to do if you are treated unfairly at work.
- [Reasonable Adjustments at Work: Your Rights If Refused](https://aricase.ai/resources/reasonable-adjustments-at-work): Reasonable adjustments at work explained: what your employer must do under the Equality Act 2010, what counts as reasonable, and how to claim if they refuse.
- [Remote and Hybrid Working: Your Employment Rights Explained](https://aricase.ai/resources/remote-hybrid-work-rights): Can your employer make you return to the office? Your rights on flexible working requests, changes to remote arrangements, and when a forced return can be discrimination or a breach of contract.
- [Missed the Employment Tribunal Deadline? You May Not Be as Late as You Think](https://aricase.ai/resources/missed-tribunal-deadline): Missed the employment tribunal deadline? Find out when tribunals can extend time, how the 'not reasonably practicable' and 'just and equitable' tests apply, and what to do next.
- [Schedule of Loss: How to Calculate What You're Claiming](https://aricase.ai/resources/schedule-of-loss-employment-tribunal): How to prepare a schedule of loss for an employment tribunal: what it is, the heads of loss to include, a worked example, and the mistakes to avoid.
- [Automatic Unfair Dismissal: When No Qualifying Period Applies](https://aricase.ai/resources/automatic-unfair-dismissal): Automatically unfair dismissals need no qualifying period - even a new employee can claim. The protected reasons, and how they differ from an ordinary claim.
- [The Documents You Will Encounter in an Employment Tribunal Claim](https://aricase.ai/resources/documents-in-your-tribunal-claim): A plain-English map of every key document in an employment tribunal claim - ET1, ET3, case management orders, disclosure, witness statements, the bundle and the schedule of loss - and what each one does.
- [How Much Does an Employment Tribunal Cost?](https://aricase.ai/resources/employment-tribunal-costs): What an employment tribunal really costs: why there are no claim fees, what representation costs, when costs orders happen, and no-win-no-fee options.
- [Employment Tribunal: How Claims Work in England and Wales](https://aricase.ai/resources/employment-tribunal): What an employment tribunal is, the claims it hears, how a case runs from ACAS to the final hearing, the deadlines and the compensation - a plain-English guide.
- [The ET3: How Your Employer Responds to Your Tribunal Claim](https://aricase.ai/resources/et3-employer-response): What the ET3 employer response form is, the 28-day deadline, what it tells you about your claim, and what happens if your employer fails to respond at all.
- [Can My Employer Change My Contract? Your Rights When Terms Change](https://aricase.ai/resources/can-my-employer-change-my-contract): Can your employer change your contract without agreement? Your rights on pay cuts, fire and rehire, and what to do when a change is imposed on you.
- [Constructive Dismissal Examples: What Does and Doesn't Count](https://aricase.ai/resources/constructive-dismissal-examples): Real-world examples of what does and does not amount to constructive dismissal - pay cuts, demotion, bullying, ignored grievances - and why the same situation can go either way depending on how it is handled.
- [Gross Misconduct: What Counts, Your Rights, and What You Are Owed](https://aricase.ai/resources/gross-misconduct-explained): What counts as gross misconduct, common examples, whether a first offence can justify dismissal, what pay you're still owed, and when a gross misconduct dismissal can be unfair.
- [The 5 Fair Reasons for Dismissal Under UK Law](https://aricase.ai/resources/fair-reasons-for-dismissal): UK law recognises only five potentially fair reasons an employer can dismiss you: conduct, capability, redundancy, illegality, and 'some other substantial reason'. What each means and why a fair reason is only half the test.
- [Bullying and Harassment at Work: Legal Options](https://aricase.ai/resources/bullying-and-harassment-at-work): Bullying and harassment at work explained for England and Wales - why bullying alone is not a claim, when harassment is unlawful, and the routes you can take.
- [Holiday Pay Entitlement: What You Are Owed and How to Claim It](https://aricase.ai/resources/holiday-pay-entitlement): Your UK holiday pay entitlement explained: the 5.6 weeks rule, part-time pro-rata, what counts in a week's pay, the 12.07% rate, and unpaid claims.
- [Protected Conversations: What It Means When Your Employer Wants One](https://aricase.ai/resources/protected-conversations-explained): What a protected conversation means under s.111A ERA 1996, what it does and does not protect, the 10-day rule, and your options when handed a settlement offer.
- [Statutory Sick Pay Rights: What Changed in April 2026](https://aricase.ai/resources/statutory-sick-pay-rights): Your statutory sick pay rights after the April 2026 reforms: day-one eligibility, no waiting days, no earnings threshold, how much you get, and unpaid claims.
- [What Happens at an Employment Tribunal Hearing](https://aricase.ai/resources/what-happens-at-employment-tribunal-hearing): What happens at an employment tribunal hearing in England and Wales: the bundle, witness statements, cross-examination, who is in the room, and judgment.
- [Zero Hours Contract Rights: What You Are Actually Entitled To](https://aricase.ai/resources/zero-hours-contract-rights): Your zero hours contract rights explained: worker vs employee status, holiday and minimum wage, the exclusivity ban, and the ERA 2025 reforms still to come.
- [Your Rights at a Disciplinary Hearing](https://aricase.ai/resources/disciplinary-hearing-rights): Your disciplinary hearing rights in the UK - the ACAS Code, seeing the evidence in advance, the right to be accompanied, suspension and appeals.
- [Employment Tribunal Compensation: How Awards Are Calculated](https://aricase.ai/resources/employment-tribunal-compensation): How employment tribunal compensation works in England and Wales: basic and compensatory awards, the statutory cap, Vento bands, uplifts, deductions and tax.
- [Flexible Working Request Refused: What You Can Do](https://aricase.ai/resources/flexible-working-request-refused): What to do if your flexible working request is refused: the eight statutory grounds, your employer's duties, and your tribunal options.
- [Notice Periods in the UK: Your Rights Explained](https://aricase.ai/resources/notice-periods-uk): The notice UK employees are entitled to: statutory minimums under the Employment Rights Act 1996, notice pay, PILON, garden leave, and unpaid notice.
- [Employment Tribunal Success Rate: What the 2025/26 Data Shows](https://aricase.ai/resources/employment-tribunal-statistics): Latest MoJ and Acas figures on employment tribunal success rates, claim volumes, settlement rates and waiting times - and what they really mean for your claim.
- [Pregnancy and Maternity Discrimination: Your Rights at Work](https://aricase.ai/resources/pregnancy-maternity-discrimination): What pregnancy and maternity discrimination means under the Equality Act 2010: the protected period, your day-one rights, redundancy protection, and claims.
- [Employment Rights Act 2025: What Has Changed and When](https://aricase.ai/resources/employment-rights-act-2025): A plain-English summary of the Employment Rights Act 2025: what it introduces, when changes come into force, and what it means for an employment dispute now.
- [Employment Tribunal Evidence: A Complete Guide](https://aricase.ai/resources/employment-tribunal-evidence): What counts as evidence at an employment tribunal, how to gather it, how a trial bundle works, and what to do if your employer withholds documents.
- [Unpaid Wages and Unlawful Deductions: What UK Workers Need to Know](https://aricase.ai/resources/unpaid-wages-unlawful-deductions): Withheld pay, deductions you never agreed to, or unpaid holiday pay may be a claim under the Employment Rights Act 1996. Your rights, deadlines, and next steps.
- [Employment Solicitor Costs in the UK: What You Actually Pay](https://aricase.ai/resources/employment-solicitor-costs): Employment solicitors typically charge £200-£450 an hour. Typical total fees, no-win-no-fee, when representation is worth the cost, and cheaper alternatives.
- [How to Write a Workplace Grievance Letter](https://aricase.ai/resources/how-to-write-a-grievance-letter): A plain English guide to writing a formal grievance letter in the UK - what to include, where to send it, and how it affects your employment tribunal claim.
- [Whistleblowing at Work: Your Rights and Protections Under UK Law](https://aricase.ai/resources/whistleblowing-at-work): Reported wrongdoing at work and suffered for it? You may have whistleblowing protection under PIDA 1998. What qualifies, who is protected, and what you can do.
- [Wrongful Dismissal: What It Is and How It Differs from Unfair Dismissal](https://aricase.ai/resources/wrongful-dismissal): Wrongful dismissal is a contract claim, not a statutory one: how it differs from unfair dismissal, what you can recover, and where to bring your claim.
- [Workplace Discrimination: Your Rights Under the Equality Act 2010](https://aricase.ai/resources/workplace-discrimination): A plain-English guide to workplace discrimination in the UK: the 9 protected characteristics, the types of discrimination, compensation, and how to claim.
- [How UK Statutory Redundancy Pay Is Calculated](https://aricase.ai/resources/redundancy-pay-explained): How statutory redundancy pay works in the UK: who qualifies, the age-banded formula, the weekly-pay cap, tax, and what to do if the redundancy is unfair.
- [Will Unfair Dismissal Become a Day-One Right in the UK?](https://aricase.ai/resources/day-one-unfair-dismissal-rights): What the Employment Rights Act 2025 says about unfair dismissal, why unconditional day-one rights were dropped, and when the six-month qualifying period starts.
- [Going to Employment Tribunal Without a Solicitor](https://aricase.ai/resources/tribunal-without-solicitor): Yes - you can take your employer to tribunal without a solicitor. The stage-by-stage journey, the bundle and witness statement, the costs risk, and free help.
- [How to Fill In Your ET1 Employment Tribunal Claim Form](https://aricase.ai/resources/how-to-write-et1-form): How to fill in the ET1 claim form, section by section: the respondent, the claim narrative, the remedy section, and the mistakes that sink cases.
- [Settlement Agreements: Should You Accept, Negotiate or Reject?](https://aricase.ai/resources/settlement-agreements-guide): How UK settlement agreements work, what to negotiate first, which elements are tax-free, red flags to watch for before signing, and when to reject the offer.
- [Constructive Dismissal: What Actually Counts (and What Doesn't)](https://aricase.ai/resources/constructive-dismissal-explained): A plain-English guide to constructive dismissal under UK law: the legal test, the behaviour that qualifies, and the resignation timing that trips people up.
- [Employment Tribunal Time Limits: 3 Months Less 1 Day, Explained](https://aricase.ai/resources/employment-tribunal-deadlines): How UK employment tribunal time limits work - the 3 months less 1 day rule, trigger dates by claim type, how ACAS pauses the clock, and late claims.
- [ACAS Early Conciliation: How It Works, Step by Step](https://aricase.ai/resources/acas-early-conciliation): What ACAS Early Conciliation is, why it is mandatory before an employment tribunal claim, and what to expect at each stage of the process.
- [Unfair Dismissal in the UK: Do You Have a Claim?](https://aricase.ai/resources/unfair-dismissal): Plain-English guide to UK unfair dismissal: what counts, who can claim, time limits, and what compensation looks like at an employment tribunal.

## FAQs

### What is Aricase?

Aricase is an AI-powered employment tribunal guidance platform. It helps individuals navigate the employment tribunal process by providing legal information, AI-generated documents, and expert verification - at a fraction of the cost of traditional legal services.

### What is the Aricase Method?

The Aricase Method is how Aricase builds your case: four stages with a human check. (1) Tell me what happened, (2) Show me what you've got, (3) Here's the plan, (4) Let's work through it - then an employment law specialist checks it before you act. It is a loop, not a one-off: each stage you complete reshapes the plan as your case changes.

### Is this legal advice?

No. Aricase provides legal information, not legal advice. We are not a law firm and do not represent you. For advice specific to your circumstances, consult a qualified solicitor.

### What counts as unfair dismissal?

Unfair dismissal is when an employer ends your employment without a fair reason, without a fair process, or both. The law recognises five potentially fair reasons (conduct, capability, redundancy, a legal bar, and 'some other substantial reason'); a dismissal can still be unfair if the employer did not act reasonably or follow a fair procedure. See our full guide to unfair dismissal for how tribunals approach this.

### How long do I have to make an employment tribunal claim?

For most claims the time limit is 3 months less 1 day from the date of the event (for example, the dismissal), and you must start ACAS Early Conciliation within that window. The limit is strict, and missing it can end a claim regardless of its merits. The Employment Rights Act 2025 is expected to extend this to 6 months for most claims around October 2026, but that change is not yet in force. You can check your own dates with the tribunal deadline calculator. (Always confirm your time limit before relying on it.)

### How much compensation can I get for unfair dismissal?

Unfair dismissal compensation usually has two parts: a basic award (a fixed statutory formula based on age, length of service and a week's pay, which is capped - £751 as of 6 April 2026) and a compensatory award for your actual financial loss, mainly lost earnings. The compensatory award for ordinary unfair dismissal is currently capped at the lower of around £123,543 or 52 weeks' pay (figures as of 6 April 2026; some claims, such as whistleblowing, are uncapped). Our compensation guide explains how awards are calculated, and the free estimator gives an indicative range. (An estimate, not a prediction.)

### How does the pricing work?

You choose between two monthly plans - Guidance (£80/month) or Guidance Expert (£125/month). Cancel any time; access continues to the end of the paid period. No percentage of your outcome is taken.

## Full content

- [llms-full.txt](https://aricase.ai/llms-full.txt): Full text of every guide