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The number of Employment Tribunal claims rose by 56% to 236,100 accepted claims between April 2009 and April 2010 according to figures released by the Tribunals Service.
The Tribunals Service says multiple claims, which saw a rise of nearly 90% on the previous year, had the biggest impact on the total number of receipts in the system.
The changing economic climate was also sited as a cause of the spike in claims.
Read the Employment Tribunal and EAT statistics 2009-10 (GB)
Allowing for multiple claims, the total number of claims came to 392,800.
Unsurprisingly, given the recession, single accepted claims rose in 2009-10 by 14% on the previous year to 71,300 and claims for redundancy pay almost doubled to 19,000.
Of these 392,800 received claims, a quarter (95,200) were related to the Working Time Directive (largely multiple actions brought by airline pilots). 75,500 were related to unauthorised deductions (Wages Act).
The recession was again said to be the reason for 126,300 claims of unfair dismissal, breach of contract and redundancy, which is 17% higher than in 2008-09 and 62% higher than in 2007-08.
Claims for all types of discrimination increased except sex discrimination where the claims fell slightly.
Pearson Hinchliffe Commercial Law’s Employment team offers advice on dealing with Employment Tribunal claims.
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