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13th September 2007

NEWS IN BRIEF

TRIBUNAL STATS

According to statistics published recently by the Employment Tribunal Service for 2006/7, 15 per cent more cases were brought than the previous year.

There were almost twice as many sex discrimination claims and two and a half times as many equal pay claims. There was also a marked increase in claims under the part time regulations and the national minimum wage regulations.

The average award for unfair dismissal claims for the year was almost £8,000; for race discrimination just over £14,000; for sex discrimination just over £10,000; and just over £15,000 for disability discrimination.

For more details, go to:
www.employmenttribunals.gov.uk/publications/documents/annual_reports/ETSAS06-07.pdf

For information on statistics published by ACAS (which differ from these), see news in brief in LELR 28.

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