# Employment Tribunals And Eat Statistics, 2011-12 1 April 2011 To 31 March 2012

 20 September 2012 
 
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Contents 
Introduction 
4 
Key Findings 
5 
Tables 
8 
Explanatory Notes 
16 
Data quality and sources 
17 
Definitions 
18 
Table conventions 
20 
 

## Tables

Table 1 Claims Accepted by Employment Tribunals, 2008-09 to 2011-12. Table 2 Employment Tribunals Disposals and Outcomes by Jurisdiction, 2008-09 to 2011-12. Table 3 Details of Unfair Dismissal Claims Disposed of at a Hearing, 2011-12. Table 4 Representation of Claimants at Employment Tribunals, 2008-09 to 2011-12. Table 5 Compensation Awarded by Tribunals, cases with Unfair Dismissal jurisdiction, 2011-12. Table 6 Compensation Awarded by Tribunals, cases with Race Discrimination jurisdiction, 2011-12. Table 7 Compensation Awarded by Tribunals, cases with Sex Discrimination jurisdiction, 2011-12. Table 8 Compensation Awarded by Tribunals, cases with Disability  Discrimination jurisdiction, 2011-12. Table 9 Compensation Awarded by Tribunals, cases with Religious  Discrimination jurisdiction, 2011-12. 

Table 10 Compensation Awarded by Tribunals, cases with Sexual Orientation Discrimination jurisdiction, 2011-12. 

Table 11 Compensation Awarded by Tribunals, cases with Age Discrimination jurisdiction, 2011-12. Table 12 Costs Awarded in Employment Tribunals Cases, 2011-12. Table 13 Summary of Receipts and Disposals at EAT, 2011-12. Table 14 Cases Dealt with at Preliminary Hearings at EAT, 2011-12. Table 15 Appeals Disposed of by EAT at a full hearing, 2011-12. Table 16 EAT Appeals Withdrawn, 2011-12. 

## Introduction

This report presents information on Employment Tribunals (ET) and Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) activity for the period 1 April 2011 to 31 March 2012. It is the third time that this information has been published as Official Statistics. Key Findings are on page 4 with definitions and background information on page 11. Historic copies of this report are available on the Ministry of Justice website at www.justice.gov.uk/statistics/tribunals/employment-tribunal-and-eat-statistics-gb Annual Tribunal Statistics for 2011-12 and Quarterly Tribunal Statistics for all four quarters of 2010-11 and 2011-12 are available at:  
www.justice.gov.uk/statistics/tribunals/annual-stats and www.justice.gov.uk/statistics/tribunals/quarterly 
 

## Key Findings

The employment tribunals are independent judicial bodies which determine disputes between employers and employees over employment rights. 

## Claims Received

There were 186,300 claims accepted by employment tribunals (ETs) during 2011-12 (1 April 2011 to 31 March 2012), a 15% fall on the number received in the previous year, and 21% lower than the number in 2009-10. Single claims are those brought by an individual against an employer (the respondent). Each single claim is processed administratively, and managed and heard judicially on its own. Multiple claims are those where two or more people bring claims usually against a single employer (but not necessarily so) arising from the same or similar circumstances. Importantly, multiple claims are processed, managed and heard together in their multiple grouping. In 2011-12 there were 59,200 single claims accepted (down by 2% on the previous year) and 127,100 multiple claims accepted (a fall of 19% on the number in 2010-11). 

The multiple claims were grouped into 5,200 actions, or 'multiple claim cases1'. This is a reduction on the 5,900 in 2010-11 and continues a recent downward trend. 

Note: Figures for 2007-08 are estimated                                                      Source: ET Reports Figure 1 shows the variation in single and multiple accepted claims (receipts) since 2000-01. It shows that the trend for multiple claims is erratic in nature and is affected by the large number of claims for specific jurisdictions. There has been a general upward trend, but since 2009-10 there has been a year-on-year decline. The number of single claims has been more steady and has been showing a downward trend over recent years. 

## Claims Disposed Of

Employment tribunals disposed of 110,800 claims during 2011-12, a fall of 10% when compared with the previous year, but in-line with the number of claims disposed of in 2009-10. The recent fall in disposals was seen in both single and multiple claims, with decreases of 6% and 14% respectively. 

                                            

## Jurisdictional Complaints Received

A claim to an employment tribunal can contain a number of different types of complaint, known as jurisdictional complaints. When deciding any claim, the tribunal has to make determinations under each jurisdiction. The total number of jurisdictional complaints accepted in 2011-12 was 321,800, 16% fewer than in 2010-11. Between 
1 April 2011 and 31 March 2012, there were, on average, 1.73 jurisdictional complaints per claim. The ratio has varied since 2006-7, but generally increased. Of the 321,800 jurisdictional claims received in 2011-12, 31% were for Unfair dismissal, breach of contract and redundancy; 29% were concerning Working Time Regulations (largely airline cases that are resubmitted every three months), and 16% were for unauthorised deductions (Wages Act). 

## Jurisdictional Complaints Disposed Of

In 2011-12, employment tribunals disposed of 230,000 jurisdictional complaints, 6% fewer than in 2010-11. This fall was reflected in all jurisdictions except Disability Discrimination, Age Discrimination and Breach of Contract  which had increases of 7%, 5% and 1% respectively. Of the 230,000 jurisdictional complaints disposed of in 2011-12:  

 
33% were Acas conciliated (an increase of 4 percentage points on the 
proportion, when compared with last year);  
 
 
27% were withdrawn (5 percentage points lower than in 2010-11);  
 
 
13% were struck out; 
 
 
and 27% were disposed of at hearing (with 12% successful at a tribunal, 7% 
unsuccessful, 2% dismissed at a preliminary hearing and 6% disposed of via a Default judgment).  

## Workload Outstanding

At 31 March 2012, the workload outstanding for employment tribunals (i.e. claims awaiting resolution) was 540,800, as compared with 484,300 at 31 March 2011. The vast majority of those were multiple claims - 514,300 in all. Multiple claims are often legally and factually complex and it is common for action on such claims to be deferred (or 'stayed'), for example pending the outcome of proceedings in appellate courts/tribunals on case management or other interim matters. This means that such claims are not yet ready to have a final Hearing in the employment tribunal, and so the claim cannot be progressed to disposal. The outstanding workload at 31 March 2012 includes more than 200,000 resubmitted airline Working Time Regulations claims with approximately 15% of these claims also having a Wages Act component. It also includes a number of Equal Pay claims (brought primarily against Local Authorities and the NHS). Between 2010-11 and 2011-12, there was a decrease in the number of single claims outstanding of 7%, continuing a downward trend seen since 2009-10.  

## Employment Appeal Tribunal

The main function of the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) is to hear appeals from decisions made by employment tribunals. An appeal must be on a point of law, i.e. it must identify flaws in the legal reasoning of the original decision. 

In 2011-12, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) received 2,170 appeals 
and disposed of 2,220 appeals.  This compares with 2,050 receipts and 2,000 
disposals in 2010-11. 
 
In EAT, 510 appeals were disposed of at a full hearing, as compared with 360 
in 2010-11. 
 


 
April to March
 
2009-10
2010-11 
2011-12
Total Claims Accepted2
236,100
218,100 
186,3003
Total Claims Initially Rejected
4,100 
1,400 
1,300
1,300 
210 
230
Of the total, those that were resubmitted and 
subsequently accepted
2,800 
1,100 
1,100
Of the total, those that were resubmitted and not 
accepted or never resubmitted
Jurisdiction Mix of claims accepted2


NATURE OF CLAIM
2009-10
2010-11 
2011-12


Unfair dismissal4
57,400 
47,900 
46,300
Unauthorised deductions (Formerly Wages Act)
75,500 
71,300 
51,200
Breach of contract
42,400 
34,600 
32,100
Sex discrimination
18,200 
18,300 
10,800
Working Time Directive5
95,200 
114,100 
94,700
Redundancy pay
19,000 
16,000 
14,700
Disability discrimination
7,500 
7,200 
7,700
Redundancy - failure to inform and consult 
7,500 
7,400 
8,000
Equal pay 
37,400 
34,600 
28,800
Race discrimination
5,700 
5,000 
4,800
Written statement of terms and conditions
4,700 
4,000 
3,600
Written statement of reasons for dismissal
1,100 
930 
960
Written pay statement
1,400 
1,300 
1,300
Transfer of an undertaking - failure to inform and consult 
1,800 
1,900 
2,600
Suffer a detriment / unfair dismissal - pregnancy6
1,900 
1,900 
1,900
Part Time Workers Regulations
530 
1600 
770
National minimum wage 
500 
520 
510
Discrimination on grounds of Religion or Belief 
1,000 
880 
940
Discrimination on grounds of Sexual Orientation
710 
640 
610
Age Discrimination
5,200 
6,800 
3,700
Others
8,100 
5,500 
5,900


Total
392,800
382,400 
321,800

2 A claim may be brought under more than one jurisdiction or subsequently amended or clarified in the course of proceedings but will be counted only once. 

3 Includes details of claims /jurisdictional complaints that were not entered onto the IT system (see Explanatory Notes). 

4 This now includes the jurisdiction for unfair dismissal as a result of a transfer of an undertaking, which was previously shown separately. 

5 Since 2007/8 the figure includes around 10,000 claims from airline employees that have been resubmitted a number of times. 

6 This now includes 3 jurisdictions relating to pregnancy that were previously recorded under "Other". 

|                                                                      |                  | 2009-10   | 2010-11    | 2011-12   |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------|-----------|------------|-----------|
|                                                                      |                  |           |            |           |
|                                                                      |                  |           |            |           |
| Total Claims Disposed                                                |                  |           |            |           |
| 112,400                                                              | 122,800          | 110,800   |            |           |
|                                                                      |                  |           |            |           |
| JURISDICTIONAL MIX OF TOTAL CLAIMS DISPOSED April 2011 to March 2012 |                  |           |            |           |
|                                                                      |                  |           |            |           |
|                                                                      |                  |           |            |           |
| NATURE OF CLAIM                                                      |                  |           |            |           |
| JURISDICTIONS                                                        |                  |           |            |           |
| DISPOSED                                                             |                  |           |            |           |
| WITHDRAWN                                                            | ACAS CONCILIATED |           |            |           |
| SETTLEMENTS                                                          |                  |           |            |           |
| STRUCK OUT(NOT AT A                                                  |                  |           |            |           |
| HEARING)                                                             |                  |           |            |           |
| 8                                                                    |                  |           |            |           |
|                                                                      |                  |           |            |           |
|                                                                      | No.              | No.       | %          | No.       |
| Unfair dismissal                                                     | 46,100           | 11,300    | 24         | 19,500    |
| Wages Act                                                            | 36,200           | 9,500     | 26         | 9,900     |
| Breach of contract                                                   | 32,200           | 6,600     | 20         | 10,100    |
| Redundancy pay                                                       | 13,200           | 2,700     | 21         | 2,300     |
| Sex discrimination                                                   | 14,700           | 4,900     | 33         | 4,500     |
| Race discrimination                                                  | 4,700            | 1,400     | 30         | 1,700     |
| Disability discrimination                                            | 7,300            | 2,300     | 31         | 3,300     |
| Religious belief discrimination                                      | 850              | 260       | 31         | 290       |
| Sexual orientation discrimination                                    | 590              | 170       | 29         | 250       |
| Age discrimination                                                   | 3,800            | 1,600     | 43         | 1,200     |
| Working time                                                         | 23,600           | 5,400     | 23         | 7,500     |
| Equal pay                                                            | 23,800           | 10,300    | 44         | 8,800     |
| National minimum wage                                                | 520              | 140       | 28         | 170       |
| Others                                                               | 22,300           | 5,400     | 24         | 6,500     |
|                                                                      |                  |           |            |           |
|                                                                      |                  |           |            |           |
| All                                                                  | 230,000          | 62,000    | 27         | 76,200    |
|                                                                      |                  |           |            |           |
| DEFAULT JUDGEMENT                                                    |                  |           |            |           |
| NATURE OF CLAIM                                                      |                  |           |            |           |
| UNSUCCESSFUL AT                                                      |                  |           |            |           |
| HEARING                                                              |                  |           |            |           |
| 10                                                                   |                  |           |            |           |
|                                                                      |                  |           |            |           |
| SUCCESSFUL AT                                                        |                  |           |            |           |
| HEARING                                                              |                  |           |            |           |
|                                                                      |                  |           |            |           |
| DISMISSED AT A                                                       |                  |           |            |           |
| PRELIMINARY                                                          |                  |           |            |           |
| HEARING                                                              |                  |           |            |           |
| 9                                                                    |                  |           |            |           |
|                                                                      |                  |           |            |           |
|                                                                      |                  |           |            |           |
|                                                                      | %                | No.       | %          | No.       |
| Unfair dismissal                                                     | 3,900            | 8         | 1,300      | 3         |
| Wages Act                                                            | 5,100            | 14        | 960        | 3         |
| Breach of contract                                                   | 5,000            | 16        | 730        | 2         |
| Redundancy pay                                                       | 2,900            | 22        | 300        | 2         |
| Sex discrimination                                                   | 290              | 2         | 190        | 1         |
| Race discrimination                                                  | 140              | 3         | 240        | 5         |
| Disability discrimination                                            | 220              | 3         | 250        | 3         |
| Religious belief discrimination                                      | 24               | 3         | 45         | 5         |
| Sexual orientation discrimination                                    | 20               | 3         | 29         | 5         |
| Age discrimination                                                   | 48               | 1         | 100        | 3         |
| Working time                                                         | 4,100            | 17        | 470        | 2         |
| Equal pay                                                            | 32               | 0         | 41         | 0         |
| National minimum wage                                                | 77               | 13        | 12         | 2         |
| Others                                                               | 5,000            | 23        | 520        | 2         |
|                                                                      |                  |           |            |           |
|                                                                      |                  |           |            |           |
| All                                                                  | 26,900           | 12        | 5,200      | 2         |
|                                                                      |                  |           |            |           |

                                            
7 Percentages may not add to 100, due to rounding. 

8 Previously described as "Disposed of Otherwise". 

9 Previously described as "Dismissed at Hearing (Out of Scope)". 

10 Previously described as "Dismissed at Hearing (Other Reasons)". 



Percentage of all unfair 
dismissal cases disposed 
of 12 
  
Number
Percentage of 
unfair dismissal 
cases proceeding 
to a hearing
Cases dismissed 

 
At a Preliminary Hearing 
1,300 
12 
3 
Unsuccessful at hearing 
4,800 
43 
10 
All cases dismissed 
6,200
55
13
  

 
Cases upheld 

 
5 
0 
0 
Reinstatement or 
reengagement Remedy left to parties 
120 
1 
0 
Compensation 
2,300 
21 
5 
No award made 
2,600 
23 
6 
All cases upheld 
5,100
45
11
All cases proceeding to a hearing 
11,200
100
27
|                 | 2009-10   | 2010-11            | 2011-12   |
|-----------------|-----------|--------------------|-----------|
|                 |           |                    |           |
|                 |           |                    |           |
| Represented by: |           |                    |           |
|                 |           |                    |           |
| Trade Union     |           |                    |           |
| 12,500          |           |                    |           |
| 10,000          | 5,500     |                    |           |
| Lawyers         |           |                    |           |
| 14              |           |                    |           |
|                 |           |                    |           |
| 161,900         |           |                    |           |
| 142,700         | 72,600    |                    |           |
| 44,900          |           |                    |           |
| 40,400          | 34,900    | No rep information |           |
| provided        |           |                    |           |
| 15              |           |                    |           |
|                 |           |                    |           |
| Other           |           |                    |           |
| 16,700          |           |                    |           |
| 25,000          | 46,100    |                    |           |
| Total Claims    |           |                    |           |
| 236,100         |           |                    |           |
| 218,100         | 159,000   |                    |           |
| 16              |           |                    |           |
|                 |           |                    |           |

|               | No.    | %        |                 | No.    | %    |
|---------------|--------|----------|-----------------|--------|------|
| <£500         | 227    | 10%      | £10,000-£12,499 | 130    | 6%   |
| £500-£999     | 178    | 8%       | £12,500-£14,999 | 100    | 4%   |
|               |        |          | £15,000-£19,999 | 125    | 5%   |
| £1,000-£1,999 | 292    | 13%      |                 |        |      |
| £2,000-£2,999 | 199    | 9%       | £20,000-£29,999 | 140    | 6%   |
| £3,000-£3,999 | 177    | 8%       | £30,000-£39,999 | 65     | 3%   |
| £4,000-£4,999 | 132    | 6%       | £40,000-£49,999 | 34     | 1%   |
|               |        |          | £50,000+        | 49     | 2%   |
| £5,000-£5,999 | 103    | 4%       | All             | 2,309  | 100% |
| £6,000-£6,999 | 108    | 5%       |                 |        |      |
| £7,000-£7,999 | 93     | 4%       |                 |        |      |
| Maximum       |        |          |                 |        |      |
| award         |        |          |                 |        |      |
| 18            |        |          |                 |        |      |
|               |        | £173,408 |                 |        |      |
| £8,000-£8,999 | 75     | 3%       |                 |        |      |
| Median award  |        | £4,560   |                 |        |      |
| £9,000-£9,999 | 82     | 4%       |                 |        |      |
| Average award |        | £9,133   |                 |        |      |

|               | No.    | %          |                 | No.   | %    |
|---------------|--------|------------|-----------------|-------|------|
| <£500         | 1      | 2%         | £10,000-£12,499 | 5     | 9%   |
| £500-£999     | 2      | 3%         | £12,500-£14,999 | 5     | 9%   |
|               |        |            | £15,000-£19,999 | 1     | 2%   |
| £1,000-£1,999 | 6      | 10%        |                 |       |      |
| £2,000-£2,999 | 8      | 14%        | £20,000-£29,999 | 0     | 0%   |
| £3,000-£3,999 | 5      | 9%         | £30,000-£39,999 | 1     | 2%   |
| £4,000-£4,999 | 5      | 9%         | £40,000-£49,999 | 0     | 0%   |
|               |        |            | £50,000+        | 5     | 9%   |
| £5,000-£5,999 | 3      | 5%         |                 |       |      |
| All           | 58     | 100%       |                 |       |      |
| £6,000-£6,999 | 6      | 10%        |                 |       |      |
| £7,000-£7,999 | 2      | 3%         |                 |       |      |
| Maximum       |        |            |                 |       |      |
| award         |        | £4,445,023 |                 |       |      |
| £8,000-£8,999 | 3      | 5%         |                 |       |      |
| Median award  |        | £5,256     |                 |       |      |
| £9,000-£9,999 | 0      | 0%         |                 |       |      |
| Average award |        | £102,259   |                 |       |      |

  
No. 
%
 
No.
% 
<£500 
0 
0% 
£10,000-£12,499 
18 
11% 
£500-£999 
6 
4% 
£12,500-£14,999 
9 
5% 
  
 
 
£15,000-£19,999 
11 
7% 
£1,000-£1,999 
15 
9% 

 
£2,000-£2,999 
11 
7% 
£20,000-£29,999 
15 
9% 
£3,000-£3,999 
12 
7% 
£30,000-£39,999 
0 
0% 
£4,000-£4,999 
6 
4% 
£40,000-£49,999 
0 
0% 
  
 
 
£50,000+ 
4 
2% 
£5,000-£5,999 
15 
9% 
All 
166
100% 
£6,000-£6,999 
21 
13% 

 
£7,000-£7,999 
11 
7% 
Maximum award 
 
£89,700 
£8,000-£8,999 
7 
4% 
Median award 
 
£6,746 
£9,000-£9,999 
5 
3% 
Average award 
  
£9,940 

  
No. 
%
 
No.
%
<£500 
1 
1% £10,000-£12,499 
5
6%
£500-£999 
2 
3% £12,500-£14,999 
5
6%
  
 
 
£15,000-£19,999 
10
13%
£1,000-£1,999 
5 
6%  
 
  
£2,000-£2,999 
5 
6% £20,000-£29,999 
0
0%
£3,000-£3,999 
7 
9% £30,000-£39,999 
5
6%
£4,000-£4,999 
4 
5% £40,000-£49,999 
2
3%
  
 
 
£50,000+ 
8
10%
£5,000-£5,999 
4 
5% All 
78
100%
£6,000-£6,999 
2 
3%  
 
  
£7000-£7999 
5 
6% 
Maximum award 
 
£390,871
£8000-£8999 
4 
5% Median award 
 
£8,928
£9000-£9999 
4 
5% Average award 
  
£22,183

## Jurisdictions19

  
No. 
%
 
No.
% 
<£500 
0 
0% 
£10,000-£12,499 
0 
0% 
£500-£999 
1 
10% 
£12,500-£14,999 
0 
0% 
  
 
 
£15,000-£19,999 
0 
0% 
£1,000-£1,999 
2 
20% 

 
£2,000-£2,999 
1 
10% 
£20,000-£29,999 
0 
0% 
£3,000-£3,999 
1 
10% 
£30,000-£39,999 
1 
10% 
£4,000-£4,999 
0 
0% 
£40,000-£49,999 
0 
0% 
  
 
 
£50,000+ 
2 
20% 
£5,000-£5,999 
2 
20% 
All 
10
100% 
£6,000-£6,999 
0 
0% 

 
£7,000-£7,999 
0 
0% 
Maximum award 
 
£59,522 
£8,000-£8,999 
0 
0% 
Median award 
 
£4,267 
£9,000-£9,999 
0 
0% 
Average award 
  
£16,725 

## Discrimination Jurisdictions19

  
No. 
%
 
No.
% 
<£500 
0 
0% 
£10,000-£12,499 
2 
20% 
£500-£999 
0 
0% 
£12,500-£14,999 
1 
10% 
  
 
 
£15,000-£19,999 
0 
0% 
£1,000-£1,999 
0 
0% 

 
£2,000-£2,999 
0 
0% 
£20,000-£29,999 
4 
40% 
£3,000-£3,999 
0 
0% 
£30,000-£39,999 
0 
0% 
£4,000-£4,999 
0 
0% 
£40,000-£49,999 
0 
0% 
  
 
 
£50,000+ 
0 
0% 
£5,000-£5,999 
1 
10% 
All 
10
100% 
£6,000-£6,999 
1 
10% 

 
£7,000-£7,999 
0 
0% 
Maximum award 
 
£27,473 
£8,000-£8,999 
1 
10% 
Median award 
 
£13,505 
£9,000-£9,999 
0 
0% 
Average award 
  
£14,623 

  
No. 
%
 
No.
% 
<£500 
1 
4% 
£10,000-£12,499 
1 
4% 
£500-£999 
1 
4% 
£12,500-£14,999 
1 
4% 
  
 
 
£15,000-£19,999 
1 
4% 
£1,000-£1,999 
2 
9% 

 
£2,000-£2,999 
0 
0% 
£20,000-£29,999 
1 
4% 
£3,000-£3,999 
3 
13% 
£30,000-£39,999 
1 
4% 
£4,000-£4,999 
1 
4% 
£40,000-£49,999 
1 
4% 
  
 
 
£50,000+ 
3 
13% 
£5,000-£5,999 
1 
4% 
All 
23
100% 
£6,000-£6,999 
3 
13% 

 
£7,000-£7,999 
1 
4% 
Maximum award 
 
£144,100 
£8,000-£8,999 
1 
4% 
Median award 
 
£6,065 
£9,000-£9,999 
0 
0% 
Average award 
  
£19,327 

| COSTS TO       | No. OF CASES    | COSTS TO    | NO. OF CASES    |
|----------------|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|
|                | Awarded         |             |                 |
| to             |                 |             |                 |
| Claimant       |                 |             |                 |
| Awarded        |                 |             |                 |
| to             |                 |             |                 |
| Respondent     |                 |             |                 |
|                | Awarded         |             |                 |
| to             |                 |             |                 |
| Claimant       |                 |             |                 |
| Awarded        |                 |             |                 |
| to             |                 |             |                 |
| Respondent     |                 |             |                 |
|                |                 |             |                 |
| < £200         |                 |             |                 |
| 21             |                 |             |                 |
|                |                 |             |                 |
| 9              | 829             |             |                 |
| £6,001-£8,000  |                 |             |                 |
| 6              | 23              |             |                 |
| £201-£400      |                 |             |                 |
| 6              | 40              |             |                 |
| £8,001-£10,000 |                 |             |                 |
| 3              | 3               |             |                 |
| £401-£600      |                 |             |                 |
| 8              | 77              |             |                 |
| £10,000+       |                 |             |                 |
| 10             | 38              |             |                 |
| £601-£800      |                 |             |                 |
| 8              | 21              |             |                 |
| All            |                 |             |                 |
| 116            |                 |             |                 |
|                |                 |             |                 |
| 1,295          |                 |             |                 |
| £801-£1000     |                 |             |                 |
| 10             | 39              |             |                 |
|                |                 |             |                 |
| £1,001-£2,000  |                 |             |                 |
| £36,466        |                 |             |                 |
| 24             | 72              |             |                 |
| Maximum        |                 |             |                 |
| award          |                 |             |                 |
| 22             |                 |             |                 |
|                |                 |             |                 |
| £2,001-£4,000  |                 |             |                 |
| 22             | 98              |             |                 |
| Median award   |                 |             |                 |
| 23             |                 |             |                 |
|                | £5              |             |                 |
| £4,001-£6,000  |                 |             |                 |
| £1,292         |                 |             |                 |
| 10             | 54              |             |                 |
| Average        |                 |             |                 |
| award          |                 |             |                 |
| 24             |                 |             |                 |
|                |                 |             |                 |

 



Appeals Received 
2,172
 
Appeals Disposed 
 
 
Rejected - out of time 
283 
Rejected - no reasonable prospect of success 
1,040 
Withdrawn prior to registration 
179 
Withdrawn after registration25 
128 
Struck out 
26 
Dismissed at preliminary hearing26 
55 
Disposed at full hearing27 
506 
Total disposed 
2,217

 

 
  
Brought by employers 
Brought by employees 
All 
Dismissed at hearing 
8 
47 
55 
Allowed to full hearing 
29 
71 
100 
All 
37 
118 
155 
Table 15: Appeals disposed of by EAT at a full hearing  
 
  
Brought by employers 
Brought by employees 
All 
Dismissed at hearing 
85 
154 
239 
Allowed 
59 
49 
108 
Allowed & remitted 
58 
101 
159 
All 
202 
304 
506 

## Table 16: Appeals Withdrawn

|                                      |   Brought by employers  |   Brought by employees  |   All  |
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------|
| Withdrawn before Preliminary hearing |                     11  |                     11  |    22  |
| Withdrawn before Full hearing        |                     54  |                     52  |   106  |
| All                                  |                     65  |                     63  |   128  |
|                                      |                         |                         |        |

## Explanatory Notes Cases Not On Employment Tribunals It System

Multiple Airline cases are resubmitted every three months and are included in the counts of receipts and caseload outstanding. These cases include the jurisdictions Working Time Directive (Annual Leave) and Unauthorised Deductions (Formerly Wages Act). During 2011-12, 27,300 claims (12,900 for Quarter 3 and 14,400 for Quarter 4) for this jurisdiction were not input to the Employment Tribunals IT system at the time of receipt. They have however been recorded within the overall number of receipts, received jurisdictional complaints and caseload outstanding figures for 2011-12. 

## Data Quality And Sources

Information presented in this report is management information drawn from a number of administrative sources. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system and it is the best data that is available at the time of publication. HMCTS is examining the quality of management information. Thus, it is possible that some revisions may be issued. 

## Revisions

Some statistics were correct at the time of publication but have been revised following data quality checks or reconciliation. These values have been marked as 'r'. 

## Definitions

Receipt - Volumetric term covering the acceptance of a case by a HMCTS Tribunal. 

Disposal - A disposal is the closure of a case when work has ceased to be done. 

This can be through a claim being withdrawn, settled, dismissed or being decided at a hearing. 

Workload outstanding - The number of claims outstanding at the end of the period and still waiting to be dealt with to completion. 

Employment Appeal Tribunal - The main function of the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) is to hear appeals from decisions made by employment tribunals. An appeal must be on a point of law, i.e. it must identify flaws in the legal reasoning of the original decision. The Employment Appeal Tribunal will not normally re-examine issues of fact. It also hears appeals from (and applications relating to) decisions made by the Certification Officer or by the Central Arbitration Committee, however these are infrequent. The EAT may allow an appeal and substitute its own decision for that of the Employment Tribunal, or may remit it back to an employment tribunal for reconsideration. Appeals from EAT decisions may be made to the Court of Appeal (in England & Wales) or Court of Session (in Scotland). 

ET Claim - A claim presented to an employment tribunal by a claimant. It may be brought under one or more jurisdictions or subsequently amended or clarified in the course of proceedings, but will be counted only once. 

ET Single and Multiple Claims - Claims to an employment tribunal may be classified into two broad categories - singles and multiples. Multiples are where two or more people bring claims, involving one or more jurisdiction(s) usually against a single employer but not necessarily so, for instance in TUPE cases, and always arising out of the same or very similar circumstances. As a multiple, the component claims are processed administratively, and managed and heard judicially together. 

ET Multiple Claim Cases - the number of combined groupings or actions 
formed by component multiple claims. This will essentially equate to the 
number of grouped collective actions being litigated before the employment 
tribunals. 
 
ET Jurisdiction - The employment tribunal powers to hear complaints are 
determined by legislation, with statutory provisions defining the ambit of the 
jurisdiction that can be covered by a claim to an employment tribunal. 

ET Jurisdictional mix - A claim may contain a number of grounds, known as 
jurisdictional complaints. When deciding any claim, the tribunal has to make 
determinations under each jurisdiction, e.g. unfair dismissal and sex discrimination. 
The number of jurisdictional complaints within a claim can affect the true workload 
represented by that claim: the higher the ratio of complaints to a claim, the more 
complicated the work will generally be. The jurisdictions covered by ET are wide 
ranging, from discrimination and unfair dismissals to issues around salary and 
working conditions. 

Hearing - The hearing is a meeting at which the tribunal panel considers evidence 
(either orally or paper based) and reaches a decision (where the decision may be to 

adjourn or to agree a final outcome). If the hearing is adjourned and restarted, it counts as one hearing. Examples of hearings include: 

 
Paper hearings; 
 
Oral hearings; 
 
Case Management Discussions; 
 
Decision on Eligibility. 
Oral Hearing - A hearing where the party (ies) and/or their representative(s) attend 
(this can be by telephone or by video conference). 

Withdrawal - The applicant/claimant/appellant ceases action either before or at the hearing. 

Settlement - Cases settled by Acas without the need for a hearing. A third party may have been involved in the process.

## Table Conventions Rounding

Figures in the tables are rounded independently and thus may not add to totals because of rounding. The following conventions have been used throughout: 

 
Values less than 100 remain as unit values. 
 
Values from 100 to 999 are rounded to the nearest 10. 
 
Values of 1,000 and over are rounded to the nearest hundred. 

## Notation

The following symbols have been used throughout the tables in this bulletin:  
.    
= Not applicable 
..   
= Not available 
-  
= Small Value 0   
= Nil 

(r)  
= Revised data 

(p)  
= Provisional data 

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