Annual Employment Tribunal Statistics

The annual employment tribunal statistics have been published.

The highlights:-

• total number of claims continues to decrease (from 236k in 2009/10, to 218k in 2010/11 and decreasing again to 186k in 2011/12)
• unfair dismissal claims fallen from 47,900 to 46,300

Here's a nice graph, by Anya Palmer of Old Square Chambers, showing the general trend over the last ten years.