Fall in number of cases going to Employment Tribunal

 

The Annual Tribunals Statistics for the period1 April 2010 to 31 March 2011, released by HM Courts and Tribunal Service and the Ministry of Justice, show that Employment Tribunals (ETs) received an overall total of 218,100 claims during 2010-11, an 8% fall compared to the previous year.

 

Compared to 2009-10, there was a 15% fall in single claims and a 4% fall in multiple claims.

 

But, following the huge increase in claims in 2009/10, the 2010/11 figures indicate that there were still 44% more cases going to tribunal than in 2008-09.

 

The figures also indicate that cases may be taking longer to deal with – the number of days sat by judges in the ETs was 36,000 in 2010/11, a 5% increase compared to the previous year.

 

In terms of the nature of the claims coming to tribunal (known as “jurisdictions”), there were significant falls in the number of unfair dismissal cases between 2010/11 and 2009/10, as well as in the number of breach of contract claims. There were smaller decreases in the number of unauthorised deduction claims, equal pay claims, claims relating to redundancy, disability discrimination claims, race discrimination claims, and claims of discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and religion or belief.

 

There were significant increases in the number of claims relating to Working Time issues, Part Time Workers Regulations, and age discrimination, and a smaller increase in National Minimum Wage and sex discrimination claims.

 

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