Before 6 April 2009, Schedules 3 and 4 to the Employment Act 2002 specified the types of claim in which a tribunal had to consider whether the parties had followed one of the statutory dispute resolution procedures (either a grievance procedure or a dismissal and disciplinary procedure). A surprising number of claims were not covered. This table gives a comprehensive list of possible tribunal claims and indicates whether they were covered by the procedures.

The statutory dispute resolution procedures were repealed by the Employment Act 2008 from 6 April 2009, subject to a number of transitional provisions. They were replaced by a new regime based on a new Acas Code of Practice on Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures.