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The main function of the Employment Appeal Tribunal is to hear appeals from decisions made by Employment Tribunals.
It also hears appeals from (and applications relating to) decisions made by the Certification Officer or by the Central Arbitration Committee, however these are infrequent.
The EAT's powers are set out in Part II of the Employment Tribunals Act 1996 (as amended) and the Employment Appeal Tribunal Rules 1993 (as amended) 
The procedures which the EAT operates, and what it requires of parties, are set out in the Practice Direction.
The EAT is headed by a President, currently The Honourable Mr Justice Elias, and a Registrar, currently Ms Pauline Donleavy.
Hearings are conducted by a judge alone or by a judge and two lay members.
The judge is normally a High Court or circuit judge or Scottish Court of Session judge. Occasionally the judge will be a Recorder or Commissioner.
The lay members have practical experience in employment relations (one on the employers' side and one on the employees'). The EAT's permanent judges are listed on The Judiciary page.
An appeal must be on a point of law - that is, it must identify flaws in the legal reasoning of the original decision. The EAT will not normally re-examine issues of fact.
The principles established in the EAT's judgments are used by Employment Tribunals when they reach their decisions.
