The Annual Statistics for the Tribunals Service, 2009-10 have been released. Within these are some interesting employment tribunal statistics:
The number of claims was 236,100 in 2009-10, representing an increase of 56% on 2008-09. This increase is largely as a result of the rise in multiple claims - these rose by nearly 90% on 2008-09, but also partly as a result of the changing economic climate.
There were 392,800 jurisdictional complaints - up 47% on 2008-09 and reflecting the overall increase in ET receipts). Of these, 95,200 were Working Time Directive (largely the 10,600 airline cases that are resubmitted every three months), and 75,500 were unauthorised deductions (Wages Act). There were 126,300 jurisdictional claims associated with unfair dismissal, breach of contract and redundancy which is 17% higher than for 2008-09 and likely to be a result of 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. In other words the service is suffering and claims are taking longer.
