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Employment Tribunal Statistics 2009/10

 

Employment Tribunal Statistics 2009/10

The Tribunal Annual Statistics for 2009/10 have just been published.

The number of claims in 2009-10 rose to 236,100, a 56 per cent increase on the number of claims lodged in 2008-9. The report suggests that the increase is not simply due to the recession, but to a rise in the number of multiple claims arising out of the same or very similar circumstances.

The key findings are as follows:

• In 2009-10, the Tribunals Service received 793,900 appeals, an increase of 26% on the 631,900 received in the previous year. 

• There was a 56% increase from 2008/09 in the number of claims accepted by Employment Tribunals, which were at their highest ever level. This is mainly attributable to multiple claims.

• There was a 14% increase in the number of single claims accepted by Employment Tribunals.

• There was a 17% increase in the number of tribunal claims associated with unfair dismissal, breach of contract and redundancy. This is likely to be caused by the economic recession.

• There was a 22% increase in the number of disposals by Employment Tribunals. This did not keep pace with receipts with the result that more than 400,000 claims remained outstanding.

• There was a significant drop in the number of Employment Tribunal claims in which the first hearing took place within 26 weeks of the claim being received. It fell from 74% to just 65%. 

 

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