This online form is designed to be used by as many people as possible. The text should be clear and simple to understand. You should be able to:

• zoom in up to 300% without the text spilling off the screen
• navigate most of the website using just a keyboard
• navigate most of the website using speech recognition software
• listen to most of the website using a screen reader (including the most recent versions of JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver)

The text on this website has been made as simple as possible to understand.

AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.

How accessible this website is

Parts of this website are not fully accessible. For example:

• some documents are in PDF format and are not accessible
• some tables may not have row headers
• some items have poor colour contrast

Feedback and contact information

If you need information in a different format email us at mail@employmenttribunalsni.org and tell us:

• your name and email address
• the format you need, for example, audio CD, braille, BSL or large print, accessible PDF

We’ll consider your request and get back to you within 7 working days.

Reporting accessibility problems with this website

If you find any problems that are not listed on this page or you think we’re not meeting the accessibility requirements, email us at mail@employmenttribunalsni.org.

Enforcement procedure

The Equalities Commission for Northern Ireland (ECNI) is responsible for enforcing the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018 (the ‘accessibility regulations’). If you’re not happy with how we respond to your complaint, contact the Equalities Commission for Northern Ireland (ECNI) .

Contacting us by phone or visiting us in person

We provide a text relay service for people who are deaf, hearing impaired or have a speech impediment. Our offices have audio induction loops, or if you contact us before your visit we can arrange a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter. Find out how to contact us

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

OITFET is committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018. This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard, due to the non-compliances listed below.

Non-accessible content

The content that is not accessible is outlined below with details of where it fails the success criteria and planned dates for when issues will be fixed.

• Buttons that provide more information about certain questions do not meet the AA standard for colour contrast. This does not meet WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.4.3. We plan to fix this by September 2022.

How we tested this website

This website was and is currently being tested for compliance with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines V2.1 level A and level AA, and these tests have been carried out internally.

We used the Website Accessibility Conformance Evaluation Methodology (WCAG-EM) approach to deciding on a sample of pages to test.

What we’re doing to improve accessibility

We plan to identify and fix issues according to the timescales shown for each area above.

This website was last tested in January 2021. The test was carried out by accessibility staff in the Northern Ireland Civil Service (NICS).

This statement was prepared on 1st July 2020. It was last updated on 13/01/2022.