For UK Employees

Employment Law Made Simple

Strategic guidance for UK workers navigating workplace disputes — written from the employee's perspective, by someone who's been through the tribunal system.

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Written for employees
Plain English, no jargon
Real experience, real strategy
Completely free to read

Your Rights, Explained Clearly

Every guide is written to help you understand your position and take strategic action — without needing a solicitor.

Employment Tribunals

Step-by-step guides to filing claims, preparing evidence, writing witness statements, and representing yourself at a hearing.

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Discrimination Claims

Understanding direct and indirect discrimination, victimisation, the burden of proof, and how to build a strong case under the Equality Act 2010.

Explore discrimination guides

Grievances & Complaints

How to write an effective grievance, what your employer is obliged to do, and how to protect yourself when the process fails.

Read grievance guides

Evidence & Strategy

Subject access requests, gathering documents, spotting employer tactics, building a chronology, and structuring your case strategically.

Learn evidence strategy

Know Your Rights

Unfair dismissal, constructive dismissal, whistleblowing, TUPE, redundancy — understand where you stand before making your next move.

Explore your rights

Templates & Tools

Recommended templates, books, tools, and resources to help you prepare your case — reviewed and compared so you pick the right ones.

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"Every other site tells you to hire a solicitor. We tell you what the solicitor would tell you — in plain English, with a clear plan of action."

— Employment Law Simplified

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This Site Exists Because the System Isn't Fair

Most employers have lawyers. Most employees don't. That power imbalance means thousands of people every year either give up valid claims or walk into hearings unprepared.

Employment Law Simplified is built to change that. Every guide, every template recommendation, every piece of strategic advice on this site is written from the employee's perspective — by someone who has navigated the tribunal system as a litigant in person.

This isn't legal advice. It's something many people find just as valuable: a clear, strategic understanding of how the system works and how to use it effectively.

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