The Employment Tribunal Service (ETS) has published the 2006/2007 employment tribunal statistics.
Through analysis the statistics have raised the following points:
- The total number of cases brought increased by 15%
- The total number of cases disposed of increased by 19%
- 972 (of 238,546) jurisdictions claimed were age discrimination (statistics cover 1st April 06 to 31st March 07 – noting that the Age Discrimination Legislation only came into force on 1st October 06, so this should be doubled to get a true pro rata figure)
- Equal pay and unfair dismissal are the most prevalent, each with about 44,000 (of 238,546) jurisdictions
- 8% of submitted claims were rejected. Of those, approximately one-third were resubmitted and subsequently accepted
Much of the increase can be attributed to the substantial number of local authority equal pay claims.
The latest statistics have also raised the point that the Employment Appeal Tribunal heard 432 cases at a full hearing, a decrease of 22% on the previous year.
