218100 Claims Accepted by Employment Tribunals last year
Recent Employment Tribunals statistics reveal that Age Discrimination claims have increased by nearly a third (30.8%) year on year. Overall claims from 1 April 2010 to 31 March 2011 are down 8% from the previous year however they are still 44% higher than the year before that.
Age Discrimination
Age Discrimination is now the third most frequent discrimination claim. Whilst there are still considerably less Age Discrimination claims than Sex Discrimination experts are predicting a surge following the recent removal of the default retirement age.
£400,000 Employment Tribunal Payout
Last year Wales’ recorded its biggest employment tribunal payout ever at just under £400,000 for a disability discrimination case. A Jewsons branch manager was dismissed 5 months after suffering a stroke. The tribunal found that the employer had discriminated by not making reasonable adjustment.
Employment Tribunal Receipts
|
|
2008-9
|
2009-10
|
2010-11
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%age Change on Previous Year
|
|
Unfair Dismissal
|
52700
|
57400
|
47900
|
16.55
|
|
Unauthorised Deductions
|
33800
|
75500
|
71300
|
-5.56
|
|
Breach of Contract
|
32800
|
42400
|
34600
|
-18.4
|
|
Sex Discrimination
|
18600
|
18200
|
18300
|
0.55
|
|
Working Time Directive
|
24000
|
95200
|
114100
|
19.85
|
|
Redundancy Pay
|
10800
|
19000
|
16100
|
-15.26
|
|
Disability discrimination
|
6,600
|
7,500
|
7,200
|
-4
|
|
Redundancy – failure to inform and consult
|
11,400
|
7,500
|
7,400
|
-1.33
|
|
Equal pay
|
45,700
|
37,400
|
34,600
|
-7.49
|
|
Race discrimination
|
5,000
|
5,700
|
5,000
|
-12.28
|
|
Written statement of terms and conditions
|
3,900
|
4,700
|
4,000
|
-14.89
|
|
Written statement of reasons for dismissal
|
1,100
|
1,100
|
930
|
-15.45
|
|
Written pay statement
|
1,100
|
1,400
|
1,300
|
-7.14
|
|
Transfer of an undertaking - failure to inform and consult
|
1,300
|
1,800
|
1,900
|
5.56
|
|
Suffer a detriment / unfair dismissal - pregnancy
|
1,800
|
1,900
|
1,900
|
0
|
|
Part Time Workers Regulations
|
660
|
530
|
1,600
|
201.89
|
|
National minimum wage
|
600
|
500
|
520
|
4
|
|
Discrimination on grounds of Religion or Belief
|
830
|
1,000
|
880
|
-12
|
|
Discrimination on grounds of Sexual Orientation
|
600
|
710
|
640
|
-9.86
|
|
Age Discrimination
|
3,800
|
5,200
|
6,800
|
30.77
|
|
Others
|
9,300
|
8,100
|
5,500
|
-32.10
|
|
Totals
|
266,390
|
392,740
|
382,470
|
-2.61
|
|
Total Accepted
|
151000
|
236100
|
218100
|
-7.62
|
Upcoming Legislation
1 October 2011 Equal treatment for agency workers.
This will give agency workers the same rights to basic employment conditions after 12 weeks in a job as if they had been employed directly by the company.
1 October 2011 National Minimum Wage Increases
£6.08 from £5.93 for 21 years +
£4.98 from £4.92 for 18-20 years olds
£3.68 from £3.64 for 16-17 year olds
£2.60 from £2.50 for apprentices