Employment Tribunal Statistics 2009/10

[Thanks to James Medhurst of Employment Law Advocates for providing this case summary]

The Tribunal Annual Statistics for 2009/10 have just been published. The key findings are as follows:

• There was a 56% increase from 2008/09 in the number of claims accepted by Employment Tribunals, which were at their highest ever level. This is mainly attributable to multiple claims.
  
• There was a 14% increase in the number of single claims accepted by Employment Tribunals.
  
• There was a 17% increase in the number of tribunal claims associated with unfair dismissal, breach of contract and redundancy. This is likely to be caused by 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.
  
• There was a significant drop in the number of Employment Tribunal claims in which the first hearing took place within 26 weeks of the claim being received. It fell from 74% to just 65%.