Employment Tribunals Rising

The Employment Tribunals Service has published its annual statistics for 2009-10, showing the number of claims in the Employment Tribunal was 236,100 in 2009-10, representing an increase of 56% on 2008-09. The key statistics in the annual report are: • the number of cases in Employment Tribunals was 236,100 in 2009-10, an increase of 56% on 2008-09. This increase was due to: – a 90% rise from 2008-09 in the number of multiple claims; – a 14% rise from 2008-09 in single claims; and – the changing economic climate. • the jurisdictional complaints contained within those cases amounted to 392,800, an increase of 47% on 2008-09, of which: – 126,300 were unfair dismissal, breach of contract and redundancy pay (an increase of 17%); – 95,200 were working time (including 10,600 airline cases); and – 75,500 were unauthorised deductions (up from 33,800 the previous year). • the Employment Tribunal had 404,800 cases outstanding, which is up from 290,200 the previous year