Provisional employment tribunal figures for 2008/09 show rise in redundancy claims
Provisional statistics provided to XpertHR by the Tribunals Service for employment tribunal claims over the period from April 2008 to February 2009 reflect the change in the economic climate. Unfair dismissal claims, redundancy pay claims and failure to inform and consult over redundancy claims are all up on the figures for the period from April 2007 to the end of March 2008.
The number of age discrimination claims accepted has also risen, from 2,949 in the year ending March 2008 to 3,430.
| Jurisdiction mix of claims accepted | Apr 2007 to Feb 2008 | Apr 2008 to Feb 20091 |
| Unfair dismissal | 40,941 | 47,115 |
| Unauthorised deductions from wages | 34,583 | 30,319 |
| Breach of contract | 25,054 | 28,619 |
| Sex discrimination | 26,907 | 17,459 |
| Working Time Directive | 55,712 | 21,278 |
| Redundancy pay | 7,313 | 9,220 |
| Disability discrimination | 5,833 | 5,961 |
| Redundancy - failure to inform and consult | 4,480 | 7,382 |
| Equal pay | 62,706 | 42,416 |
| Race discrimination | 4,130 | 4,466 |
| Written statement of terms and conditions | 4,955 | 3,503 |
| Written statement of reasons for dismissal | 1,098 | 1,022 |
| Written pay statement | 1,086 | 1,040 |
| Transfer of an undertaking - failure to inform and consult | 1,380 | 1,164 |
| Suffer a detriment/unfair dismissal - pregnancy | 1,646 | 1,682 |
| Part-time workers regulations | 595 | 600 |
| National minimum wage | 431 | 525 |
| Discrimination on grounds of religion or belief | 709 | 746 |
| Discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation | 582 | 541 |
| Age discrimination | 2,949 | 3,430 |
| Others | 13,873 | 5,146 |
1 The figures are provisional and subject to change. The final official figures are due to be published later in 2009.
- Year to date figures (April 2008 to February 2009) (PDF format, 180K) The figures provided by the Tribunals Service give further information on the jurisdiction mix of the claims disposed of. There are no figures available on compensation awarded.
Also
Equal pay claims account for one-third of employment tribunal claims Statistics released by the Tribunals Service for employment tribunal claims over the period from April 2007 to the end of March 2008 show that equal pay claims made up one-third of the claims accepted.
Employment tribunals figures update As we reported on the Employment Intelligence blog, the Employment Tribunals Service has indicated that the delay in producing the 2007/08 statistics was down to a "quality assurance issue", and the figures for 2008/09 should be produced "no later than the autumn".
Freedom of information request for tribunal statistics The delay in production of the 2007/08 employment tribunal figures prompted a freedom of information request from XpertHR.
