Employment Tribunal Statistics

In 2010/2011 there were 218,000 claims received by Employment Tribunals.  The Ministry of Justice statistics illustrates an 8% decrease in claims brought on the previous year but this is still a 44% increase when compared with 2008/2009. In comparison, there were in fact 7% more claims disposed of (closed through eg. withdrawal, settlement or hearing) by Employment Tribunals (244,000) in 2010/2011 than in the previous year.

Of the claims disposed of by the Employment Tribunals in 2010/2011:

• Only 12% were successful
• 32% were withdrawn
• 29% were ACAS-conciliated
• 10% were struck out prior to a hearing

The following claims increased in number in 2010/2011 when compared to the previous year:

• Working Time – up 20%
• Part-time Workers Regulations – almost trebled
• Age discrimination – up 32%

The average tribunal awards were:

• Unfair dismissal – £8,924
• Age discrimination – £30,289
• Religious discrimination – £8,515
• Race discrimination – £12,108
• Sex discrimination – £13,911
• Disability discrimination – £14,137
• Religious discrimination – £11,671

Costs awards are still relatively rare in the Employment Tribunal, however significantly more were awarded in favour of respondents (355 costs awards) than claimants (132 costs awards).

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