Quantum Claims Employment Law Review
Recent information has been issued by the Employment Tribunal Service regarding the level of employment law claims that are being submitted and rejected
The expectation for the financial year 2006/2007 were that the level of claims received by the Employment Tribunal Service would be broadly similar to the levels received in 2005/2006. That however has not been the case and in the period April to November 2006 the number of claims received was 27% higher than it had been in the corresponding period in 2005/2006.
Whilst much of this increase is attributed to local authority and NHS equal pay claims the level of single claims were 7% higher than the in previous corresponding period.
In respect of age discrimination claims which are relatively new the Government expected that the Employment Tribunals would receive some 4,000 cases by the end of March 2007. However up until November 2007 the number of race discrimination claims received nationally amounted to 126 of which 97 were received in Scotland (77%).
What is clear is that the Dispute Resolution Regulations are causing Claimants difficulty in respect of registering their claims.
Figures indicate that some 10,000 claims have been rejected each year and of those 10,000 60% were not resubmitted.
Whilst the DTI are conducting the search into reasons why employment claims were not resubmitted, our own view is that the Dispute Resolution Regulations are the main reason why claims are not resubmitted.
A review of the Regulations are currently being carried out by Michael Gibbons, a member of the DTI Ministerial Challenge Panel and of the Better Regulation Committee and it is expected that recommendations for change are expected to be submitted to the Secretary of State in Spring 2007.
What is clear that thousands of Bona Fide claims are not being submitted due to the onerous hurdles that Claimants and their direct representatives face when lodging claims to the Employment Tribunal.
The expectation for the financial year 2006/2007 were that the level of claims received by the Employment Tribunal Service would be broadly similar to the levels received in 2005/2006. That however has not been the case and in the period April to November 2006 the number of claims received was 27% higher than it had been in the corresponding period in 2005/2006.
Whilst much of this increase is attributed to local authority and NHS equal pay claims the level of single claims were 7% higher than the in previous corresponding period.
In respect of age discrimination claims which are relatively new the Government expected that the Employment Tribunals would receive some 4,000 cases by the end of March 2007. However up until November 2007 the number of race discrimination claims received nationally amounted to 126 of which 97 were received in Scotland (77%).
What is clear is that the Dispute Resolution Regulations are causing Claimants difficulty in respect of registering their claims.
Figures indicate that some 10,000 claims have been rejected each year and of those 10,000 60% were not resubmitted.
Whilst the DTI are conducting the search into reasons why employment claims were not resubmitted, our own view is that the Dispute Resolution Regulations are the main reason why claims are not resubmitted.
A review of the Regulations are currently being carried out by Michael Gibbons, a member of the DTI Ministerial Challenge Panel and of the Better Regulation Committee and it is expected that recommendations for change are expected to be submitted to the Secretary of State in Spring 2007.
What is clear that thousands of Bona Fide claims are not being submitted due to the onerous hurdles that Claimants and their direct representatives face when lodging claims to the Employment Tribunal.
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