Employment tribunal statistics for the year up to March 2011 have recently been published. In summary:
There were 218,100 claims to Employment Tribunals (ET) between 1 April 2010 and 31 March 2011. This was an 8% fall compared to 2009-10, but an increase of 44% against 2008-09.
Employment Tribunals disposed of (dealt with) 122,800 cases during 2010-11, 9% more than in 2009-10 and 33% more than in 2008-09.
The rise in cases disposed of was seen in multiple cases – increasing by 27% from 2009-10 to 2010-11, whilst there was a 3% fall in disposed single cases over the same period.
Of the 382,400 jurisdictional claims received in 2010-11, 30% were concerning Working Time Directive (largely airline cases that are resubmitted every three months), 28% were for unfair dismissal, breach of contract and redundancy (lower than in previous years) and 19% were for unauthorised deductions (Wages Act).
Of the 244,000 disposed jurisdictional claims, 39% related to Unfair Dismissal, Breach of contract and redundancy; 16% were for Unauthorised Deductions (Wages Act) and 11% were for Equal Pay.
At 31 March 2011, the caseload outstanding for ET was 484,300 – an increase of around a fifth on the number at 31 March 2010. The vast majority of the outstanding (claims awaiting resolution) are multiple claims, including about 199,000 resubmitted airline Working Time Regulation claims referred to earlier and Equal Pay claims.
However, for single ET claims, there has been a reduction of 16% in the caseload outstanding, between 31 March 2010 and 31 March 2011.
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Jurisdiction Mix of claims accepted
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Nature of claim
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2010-11
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Working Time Directive
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114,100
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Unauthorised deductions (Formerly Wages Act)
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71,300
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Unfair dismissal
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47,900
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Breach of contract
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34,600
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Equal pay
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34,600
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Sex discrimination
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18,300
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Redundancy pay
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16,000
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Redundancy – failure to inform and consult
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7,400
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Disability discrimination
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7,200
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Age discrimination
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6,800
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Others
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5,500
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Race discrimination
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5,000
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Written statement of terms and conditions
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4,000
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Suffer a detriment / unfair dismissal – pregnancy
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1,900
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Transfer of an undertaking – failure to inform and consult
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1,900
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Part Time Workers Regulations
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1,600
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Written pay statement
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930
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Written statement of reasons for dismissal
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880
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Discrimination on grounds of religion or belief
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640
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Discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation
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520
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Representation of Claimants at Employment Tribunals
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2010-11
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Lawyers
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142,700
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No rep information provided
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40,400
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Other
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25,000
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Trade Union
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10,000
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Compensation awarded by Tribunals
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Maximum
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Average
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Median
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Unfair dismissal jurisdictions
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181,754
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8,924
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4,591
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Race discrimination jurisdictions
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62,530
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12,108
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6,277
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Sex discrimination jurisdictions
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289,167
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13,911
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6,078
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Disability discrimination jurisdictions
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181,083
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14,137
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6,142
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Religious discrimination jurisdictions
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20,221
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8,515
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6,892
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Sexual orientation discrimination jurisdictions
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47,633
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11,671
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5,500
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Age discrimination
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144,100
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30,289
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12,697
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The full report can be found here.