The latest employment tribunal statistics have just been published for 2011-12. Careful analysis shows changes that buck the trends of recent years. There has been a decrease overall in claims submitted over the last couple of years and the figures show that there has been a 15% drop this year.
There has been a 19% fall in multiple claims which is probably accounted for in the reduction of collective redundancies compared to several years ago.
The number of unfair dismissal cases has dropped over the previous twelve months however the number of claims for failure to inform and consult in a TUPE situation has risen which shows employers are failing to undertaken their obligations related to this complicated piece of legislation which the government is seeking to simply.
The number of cases being disposed of during 2011-12 is 10% less than the previous year although 75% of cases have been disposed of within 32 weeks or less.
The report also sets out the number of claims received by employment tribunals under each jurisdiction in 2011-12.
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Nature of claim
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Number of claims
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Unfair dismissal
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46,300
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Unauthorised deduction of wages
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51,200
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Breach of contract
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32,100
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Sex discrimination
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10,800
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Working Time Directive (2003/88/EC) (previously the Working Time Directive (93/104/EC)
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94,700
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Redundancy pay
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14,700
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Disability discrimination
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7,700
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Failure to inform and consult on redundancies
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8,000
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Equal pay
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28,800
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Race discrimination
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4,800
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Written statement of terms and conditions
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3,600
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Written statement of reasons for dismissal
|
960
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Written pay statement
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1,300
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Failure to inform and consult on transfer of an undertaking
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2,600
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Suffered a detriment or unfairly dismissed due to pregnancy
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1,900
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Part-time Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2000 (SI 2000/1551)
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770
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National minimum wage
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510
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Discrimination on ground of religion or belief
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940
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Discrimination on ground of sexual orientation
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610
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Age discrimination
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3,700
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Others
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5,900
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Total
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321,800
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