How to avoid the Employment Tribunal

Statistics released recently by the Tribunal Service show that the total number of claims lodged with an Employment Tribunal in 2009-10 was 236,100 compared to 151,000 for 2008-09. This amounts to an increase in the number of claims made to an Employment Tribunal by over 56%. In this article Guy Hollebon, Head of Employment Law at Bristol and London based Bevans Solicitors, analyses the dramatic rise in claims and gives top tips to employers to minimize the risk of being taken to the Tribunal.
 

The rise in the number of claims made to an Employment Tribunal by over 56% can in part be explained by the global economic slump and the increase in staff being made redundant. A more careful analysis of the figures reveals that a partial explanation for such a large increase to the number of claims is that many are equal pay claims. 

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