Posted: Thursday 28 June 2012
Employment Tribunal Statistics 2011 - 2012
Every year the Tribunals Service publishes statistics on the number and nature of Employment Tribunal claims which have been raised.
This year’s statistics (covering the period from 1 April 2011 to 31 March 2012) are now available, showing a significant fall (15%) in Employment Tribunal claims.
During the 12 month period April 2011 to March 2012 the ET received 186,300 claims.
Figures for previous years are as follows:-
2010-11 - 218,100 claims
2009-10 - 236,100 claims
2008-09 - 151,000 claims
The Government are determined to reduce the number of Employment Tribunal claims and the steps they have taken such as increasing the qualifying period for raising a Tribunal claim from 1 to 2 years plus the future planned steps including Tribunal fees for Claimants, early ACAS conciliation and simplified settlement discussions/agreements are likely to result in a further drop in the number of claims going to the Tribunal over the coming years. How significant the drop is remains to be seen.
Some further highlights arising out of the 2011/2012 statistics:-
- unfair dismissal claims down (although only very slightly - 46,300 claims compared to 47,900 last year)
- age discrimination claims, surprisingly, down significantly from 6,800 last year to 3,700 this year
- significant fall in sex discrimination claims - down from 18,300 to 10,800
Looking at the 46,300 unfair dismissal claims:-
- 24% were withdrawn (in many cases this will be due to a financial settlement being achieved albeit without ACAS)
- 42% were settled via ACAS
- 9% were struck out (not at a hearing)
- 8% were successful following a hearing
- 3% were dismissed at a preliminary hearing
- 10% were unsuccessful at hearing
- 3% had a default judgment issued
For information regarding Employment Tribunal award levels see my seperate blog:-
Employment Tribunal Award Statistics
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