Careful analysis
of the
combined effect
of EA 2002 and the
regulations therefore shows that it is not the case, as is sometimes believed, that because
breach of contract claims are excluded from Sch 4 — and therefore a grievance is not a necessary precondition to a tribunal claim — an employee who brings an (unnecessary) grievance within three months and presents his
breach of contract claim within six months will be out
of time — subject to reasonable practicability.