I would ask yourself what you want to gain from this.
Not because I don’t think that employers should be held to account, I do. But because the process is very brutal, long-winded and unforgiving. And because whether we like it or not, there are potential longer term consequences for the individual.
We’d all like to think that taking an employer to tribunal will bring justice and compensation, but in general compensation for unfair dismissal is rarely at a high enough level t make it worthwhile, and the outcome is often reputational damage, being seen as a troublemaker by future employers.
It’s not palatable to think it, but most employers aren’t going to look favourably on someone whose reason for leaving their previous job involved taking their employer to tribunal, and if the case is ongoing for years then an ongoing case isn’t going to look favourably to future employers before an outcome is achieved.
It’s shit. It really is. And the fact that the backlog is years long tells us all we need to know about the kinds of employers that are out there. But as shit as it is, sadly we live in an employer’s market, and as someone with a disability you’re already at a disadvantage, as discrimination is still a thing.
Ask yourself whether the stress, the wait, the potential to remain unemployable is going to be worth it for the sake of what best is likely to be only a couple of grand, these settlements are almost never life-changing.
I’ve been there. And i know there will be people out there who will say you owe it to others to bring these people to justice, to prevent it happening to someone else. But the cost to yourself is important here.
I’m sorry this has happened to you.