Surveys
Employment tribunal claims: XpertHR 2012 survey
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 17-09-2012
Most employers have faced a tribunal claim, with unfair dismissal by far the most common. Latest XpertHR research explores employers' satisfaction with the tribunal process itself and some of the outcomes that they have experienced.
How employers deal with employment tribunal claims
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 18-04-2011
Our survey of 251 employers finds that the majority have faced an employment tribunal claim, and many aim to settle before the claim reaches final hearing stage.
Ireland: Equality Tribunal receives record number of claims
Source: European Employment Review
Date: 02-09-2008
The number of employment equality complaints made to the Equality Tribunal increased sharply in 2007 and the first half of 2008, with claims of race discrimination at work rising particularly steeply.
Equal pay claims rise by 155%
Source: Equal Opportunities Review
Date: 01-10-2007
The number of equal pay claims brought to employment tribunals in 2006/07 rose by 155%, from 17,268 in 2005/06 to 44,013.
Equal pay makes up 24% of ET claims
Source: Equal Opportunities Review
Date: 01-09-2007
Almost a quarter of claims (24%) to employment tribunals in 2006/07 concerned equal pay, according to Acas' latest annual report. This is more than double the figure for 2005/06.
Compensation awards 2006: part 2
Source: Equal Opportunities Review
Date: 01-09-2007
The average and median awards for compensation for unlawful sexual orientation or religion or belief discrimination remain much lower than those for sex, race or disability discrimination. Awards for multiple discrimination claims remain high, we reveal in part 2 of our compensation survey.
Compensation awards 2006: part 1
Source: Equal Opportunities Review
Date: 01-08-2007
Compensation of more than £4 million was awarded for unlawful discrimination in 2006, in the 313 cases included in our annual survey. The average award across all strands of discrimination was £13,260 and the median was £7,500. Part 1 covers sex, race and disability discrimination.
France: Anti-discrimination report issued for 2006
Source: European Employment Review
Date: 06-06-2007
In April 2007, France's high-level authority to combat discrimination, Halde, issued its second annual report. It highlights a threefold rise in the number of cases brought to the authority’s attention, compared with its first year of operation. We examine the key points of the report.
Review of race discrimination judgments in employment tribunals
Source: Equal Opportunities Review
Date: 01-01-2007
Employment tribunal claims involving race discrimination appear to be unsuccessful more often than other types of claim. We examine whether the findings of research into race discrimination judgments identify the reasons for this low success rate.
A fair hearing?
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 01-12-2006
Employment tribunals are generally a more negative experience for claimants taking cases for racial discrimination than for other employment disputes, according to government research.
Discrimination awards
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 08-09-2006
Total compensation awarded by employment tribunals in discrimination cases was more than £5 million in 2005, a 16% decrease on the previous year, according to IRS research.
Equal pay boosts number of tribunal claims
Source: Equal Opportunities Review
Date: 01-09-2006
The latest report from the Employment Tribunals Service (ETS) shows a sharp increase in the number of tribunal claims being made, despite the statutory disputes resolution procedures.
Employment tribunal claims on the increase
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 04-08-2006
The Employment Tribunals Service annual report for the year to 31 March 2006 is now available, and reveals a 30% increase in the number of tribunal claims, from 86,181 in 2004/05 to 115,039 in 2005/06.
Compensation awards 2005
Source: Equal Opportunities Review
Date: 01-08-2006
Compensation totalling more than £5 million was awarded by employment tribunals in discrimination cases in 2005 - a 16% decrease on the previous year.
Image counts
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 23-06-2006
Senior executives now view discrimination claims and complex tribunal cases as some of the most crucial issues they face, according to research.
Bad experiences
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 23-06-2006
Employers could be given a code of conduct on how to deal with employees who take them to an employment tribunal, while claimants who take a case may benefit from referral to specialist agencies that can help them get back into employment when the case is over, a study for the DTI suggests.
Equal value update 2006
Source: Equal Opportunities Review
Date: 01-06-2006
Thousands of women working in local government and the NHS have received equal value settlements worth millions of pounds since our last update and the number of equal value pay claims lodged in recent years has risen sharply. Kate Godwin charts the recent developments on equal pay and reports on key equal value cases.
Tribunal claimants seek justice, not financial gain
Source: Equal Opportunities Review
Date: 01-05-2006
The primary motivation for claimants in race discrimination cases was the pursuit of justice, not financial gain, concludes a research report published by the DTI's research branch, Employment Market Analysis and Research.
Case studies
Trade unions and equality
Source: Equal Opportunities Review
Date: 01-10-2003
To ensure they effectively represent their members, trade unions have to perform a dual role of addressing equality issues in their own internal structures, policies and procedures as well as with employers.Adam Geldman examines how four trade unions, each with a predominantly white, male, membership are trying to deal with this challenge.