Guidance

MyHMCTS: Make an Employment Tribunal claim

Updated 15 July 2024

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Before you start

This guide is for solicitors and other professionals submitting single claims using MyHMCTS.

Multiple claims are not currently possible using this service.

This service is currently only available for single claims located in:

  • Bristol
  • Glasgow
  • Leeds
  • Manchester
  • Midlands East
  • Midlands West
  • Newcastle
  • Nottingham
  • Wales
  • Watford
  • several sites in London

We will ask you to provide a postcode in the online service to see whether your area is included. We will redirect you to another claim form if your area is not yet covered.

Before you can make a claim using MyHMCTS, you will need to:

  1. Register your organisation with MyHMCTS

  2. Set up a MyHMCTS user account

Read the MyHMCTS registration guidance for further information and instructions

Once you have a MyHMCTS account,  using your email address and password.

Access the ET1 form online

If you have a MyHMCTS account already, go to If you already have a MyHMCTS account.

  1. Find the ET1 claim form at: .

  2. Select 바카라 사이트˜Start now바카라 사이트™ and follow the form until the 바카라 사이트˜Claiming on your own or on behalf of someone else바카라 사이트™ question.

  3. Select 바카라 사이트˜I바카라 사이트™m a legal representative making a single claim for a client바카라 사이트™. Then select 바카라 사이트˜Continue바카라 사이트™.

Sign in or create a MyHMCTS account on the next screen.

If you already have a MyHMCTS account

  1.  using your email address and password.

  2. Select 바카라 사이트˜Create Case바카라 사이트™.

  3. Within Create Case, select:

  • Jurisdiction - Employment
  • Case type - Eng/Wales - Singles or Scotland - Singles (RET)
  • Event - Create draft claim

Enter the claimant바카라 사이트™s employment location on the 바카라 사이트˜Claimant바카라 사이트™s work location바카라 사이트™ screen. If you바카라 사이트™ve entered a location that falls within the available locations for reform, you will be taken to the claim overview screen. This is where you can find the 16-digit case reference number and the claim form sections.

Completing Section 1 - Claimant details

You will need to provide:

  • your contact details as the representative
  • the claimant or claimants바카라 사이트™ contact details
  • Acas details
  • any support requirements for the party
  • your hearing format preferences

You do not need to answer questions marked as 바카라 사이트˜optional바카라 사이트™.

When you have completed a section, the task list will update with your progress.

You can also select 바카라 사이트˜Download draft ET1바카라 사이트™ from the task list on the case overview screen to generate a printable version of your ET1 claim at any time.

Select 바카라 사이트˜Submit바카라 사이트™ to generate your ET1 draft claim.

Completing Section 2 - Employment and respondent details

You will need to provide:

  • employment status
  • respondent details

You do not need to answer questions marked as 바카라 사이트˜optional바카라 사이트™.

When you have completed a section, the task list will update with your progress.

Completing Section 3 - Details of the claim

You바카라 사이트™ll need to provide details of the claim. You can upload this as a document in formats such as Word, PDF or RTF.

Downloading a draft ET1 on to your desktop

You can select 바카라 사이트˜Download draft ET1바카라 사이트™ from the task list to generate a printable version of your ET1 claim at any time.

Select 바카라 사이트˜Submit바카라 사이트™ to generate your ET1 draft claim.

Returning to a draft claim

At any time where you wish to return to a case in MyHMCTS before a draft claim has been submitted:

  1. Go to the 바카라 사이트˜Case list바카라 사이트™ after signing into MyHMCTS.
  2. Identify the draft claim by the 16-digit number shown under the 바카라 사이트˜Case Number바카라 사이트™.

You can also filter cases by 바카라 사이트˜Awaiting Submission to HMCTS바카라 사이트™.

Submitting the ET1 to the tribunal

When all 3 sections are complete, you will be able to select 바카라 사이트˜Submit claim바카라 사이트™ from the task list on the claim overview screen.

When you and your client are happy with the draft claim, select 바카라 사이트˜Submit바카라 사이트™ on the following screen.

Accessing a submitted claim

Once a claim has been submitted, you can access the claim in the 바카라 사이트˜Case list바카라 사이트™.

  1. Go to the 바카라 사이트˜Case list바카라 사이트™ after signing in to MyHMCTS
  2. Choose the relevant 바카라 사이트˜Case type바카라 사이트™ and the 바카라 사이트˜State바카라 사이트™ as 바카라 사이트˜Any바카라 사이트™
  3. Select 바카라 사이트˜Apply바카라 사이트™ and the 16-digit number will appear under 바카라 사이트˜Submission reference바카라 사이트™
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