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Employment Partner Martin Bloom explained, “I think the 15 per cent
increase should be regarded with some caution. The increase is
thought to be largely attributed is to a large number of local
authority equal pay claims.”
“However, it still illustrates that
many people are still deciding to bring a claim against their
employers. Organisations need to protect themselves by having in
place written contacts and being fully up to date with the latest
employment legislation.”
According to the statistics unfair
dismissal is the most common reason for bringing a claim with the
average compensation awarded by a tribunal in an unfair dismissal
case being £7,974.
Age discrimination was one the major
changes to employment law when it came into effect in October 2006.
The report shows that there have been 972 age discrimination claims
presented in that period.
Mr Bloom commented, “Complying with
the age discrimination legislation meant a great deal of work for
those involved in HR. I suspect that many HR professionals were
concerned that there might be avalanche of age discrimination
claims, but it remains to be seen if that is the case.”
“It should be remembered that as age
discrimination came into force in October 2006, and the statistics
are from April 06 to March 07, it only includes six months worth of
age discrimination claims. I’m sure the number of age discrimination
cases will be higher in next year’s statistics.”
The full report can be downloaded
from the Employment Tribunal Service website at
www.employmenttribunals.gov.uk
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