To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many complaints were made to industrial tribunals in each of the last five years for which records are available; how many and what percentage involved (a) unfair dismissal, (b) redundancy rights, (c) maternity rights, (d) equal pay, (e) sex discrimination, (f) race discrimination, (g) trade union discrimination or (h) other matters; how many and what percentage of such claims were settled before the hearing; how many and what percentage reached a hearing; and how many and what percentage were successful.
The tables set out information available on cases dealt with for the five years up to end of 31 March 1991. The first table shows all applications dealt with within each jurisdiction, and the following tables give a breakdown of the outcomes of each jurisdiction.
Breakdown of jurisdictions dealt with
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1990–91
| 1989–90
| 1988–89
| 1987–88
| 1986–87
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Number
| Per cent.
| Number
| Per cent.
| Number
| Per cent.
| Number
| Per cent.
| Number
| Per cent.
| |
| Unfair dismissal | 19,183 | 53.6 | 17,714 | 55.6 | 17,435 | 59.5 | 20,673 | 60.4 | 27,787 | 70.5 |
| Redundancy rights | 5,262 | 14.7 | 4,049 | 12.7 | 3,375 | 11.5 | 3,594 | 10.5 | 5,906 | 15.0 |
| Maternity rights | 48 | 0.1 | 44 | 0.1 | 96 | 0.3 | 137 | 0.4 | 223 | 0.6 |
| Equal pay | 508 | 1.4 | 397 | 1.2 | 813 | 2.8 | 1,043 | 3.1 | 517 | 1.3 |
| Sex discrimination | 1,078 | 3.0 | 1,046 | 3.3 | 935 | 3.2 | 691 | 2.0 | 612 | 1.6 |
| Race discrimination | 926 | 2.6 | 939 | 2.9 | 839 | 2.9 | 709 | 2.0 | 672 | 1.7 |
| Trade union discrimination1 | 324 | 0.9 | 340 | 1.1 | 343 | 1.2 | 4,128 | 12.1 | 1,436 | 3.6 |
| Trade union discrimination2 | 128 | 0.3 | 237 | 0.7 | 133 | 0.4 | 390 | 1.1 | 111 | 0.3 |
| Other | 8,369 | 23.4 | 7,147 | 22.4 | 5,348 | 18.2 | 2,868 | 8.4 | 2,140 | 5.4 |
| TOTAL | 35,826 | — | 31,913 | — | 29,317 | — | 34,233 | — | 39,404 | — |
Outcomes by jurisdiction (percentages are of totals shown in the first table)
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(a) Unfair Dismissal
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Settled
| Percentage
| Reached full hearing
| Percentage
| Successful at hearing
| Percentage
| |
| 1990–91 | 12,011 | (62.6) | 4,966 | (25.9) | 2,173 | (11.3) |
| 1989–90 | 11,771 | (66.4) | 5,700 | (32.2) | 2,183 | (12.3) |
| 1988–89 | 11,519 | (66.0) | 5,655 | (32.4) | 2,137 | (12.3) |
| 1987–88 | 13,279 | (64.2) | 7,142 | (29.4) | 2,345 | (11.3) |
| 1986–87 | 18,134 | (65.3) | 9,011 | (32.4) | 3,051 | (11.0) |
(b) Redundancy Rights
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Settled
| Percentage
| Reached full hearing
| Percentage
| Successful at hearing
| Percentage
| |
| 1990–91 | 3,200 | 1(60.8) | 1,966 | (37.4) | 1,334 | (25.3) |
| 1989–90 | 2,423 | (59.8) | 1,520 | (37.5) | 1,017 | (25.1) |
| 1988–89 | 1,846 | (54.7) | 1,461 | (43.3) | 948 | (28.0) |
| 1987–88 | 1,731 | (48.2) | 1,805 | (50.2) | 1,245 | (34.6) |
| 1986–87 | 3,341 | (56.6) | 2,441 | (41.3) | 1,724 | (29.2) |
1 ACAS does not conciliate in redundancy pay issues. | ||||||
(c) Maternity Rights
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Settled
| Percentage
| Reachedfull hearing
| Percentage
| Successful at hearing
| Percentage
| |
| 1990–91 | 36 | (75.0) | 12 | (25.0) | 5 | (10.4) |
| 1989–90 | 34 | (77.0) | 10 | (22.7) | 5 | (11.4) |
| 1988–89 | 64 | (66.7) | 28 | (30.4) | 12 | (13.0) |
| 1987–88 | 99 | (72.3) | 33 | (24.1) | 18 | (13.1) |
| 1986–87 | 163 | (73.1) | 60 | (26.9) | 32 | (14.3) |
(d) Equal Pay
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Settled
| Percentage
| Reachedfull hearing
| Percentage
| Successful at hearing
| Percentage
| |
| 1990–91 | 310 | (61.0) | 35 | (6.9) | 10 | (1.7) |
| 1989–90 | 274 | (69.0) | 55 | (13.8) | 33 | (8.3) |
| 1988–89 | 445 | (54.7) | 63 | (7.7) | 47 | (5.8) |
| 1987–88 | 839 | (80.4) | 24 | (2.3) | 7 | (0.7) |
| 1986–87 | 353 | (68.3) | 161 | (31.1) | 44 | (8.5) |
(e) Sex Discrimination
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Settled
| Percentage
| Reachedfull hearing
| Percentage
| Successful at hearing
| Percentage
| |
| 1990–91 | 759 | (70.4) | 298 | (27.6) | 78 | (7.2) |
| 1989–90 | 754. | (72.1) | 280 | (26.8) | 86 | (8.2) |
| 1988–89 | 635 | (67.9) | 250 | (26.7) | 78 | (8.3) |
| 1987–88 | 468 | (67.7) | 208 | (30.1) | 46 | (6.6) |
| 1986–87 | 398 | (65.0) | 201 | (32.8) | 48 | (7.8) |
(f) Race Discrimination
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Settled
| Percentage
| Reachedfull hearing
| Percentage
| Successful at hearing
| Percentage
| |
| 1990–91 | 556 | (60.0) | 316 | (34.1) | 47 | (5.0) |
| 1989–90 | 554 | (59.0) | 336 | (35.8) | 61 | (6.5) |
| 1988–89 | 478 | (57.0) | 324 | (38.6) | 54 | (6.4) |
Settled
| Percentage
| Reached full hearing
| Percentage
| Successful at hearing
| Percentage
| |
| 1987–88 | 398 | (56.1) | 265 | (37.4) | 61 | (8.6) |
| 1986–87 | 351 | (52.2) | 296 | (44.0) | 40 | (5.9) |
(g) Trade Union Discrimination (1): Dismissals
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Settled
| Percentage
| Reached full hearing
| Percentage
| Successful at hearing
| Percentage
| |
| 1990–91 | 225 | (69.4) | 97 | (30.0) | 29 | (8.9) |
| 1989–90 | 181 | (53.2) | 154 | (45.3) | 88 | (25.9) |
| 1988–89 | 235 | (68.5) | 103 | (30.0) | 17 | (4.9) |
| 1987–88 | 3,966 | (96.1) | 157 | (3.8) | 35 | (0.8) |
| 1986–87 | 1,065 | (74.2) | 233 | (16.2) | 53 | (3.7) |
(h) Trade Union Discrimination (2): Action short of dismissal
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Settled
| Percentage
| Reachedfull hearing
| Percentage
| Successful at hearing
| Percentage
| |
| 1990–91 | 59 | (46.1) | 52 | (40.6) | 37 | (28.9) |
| 1989–90 | 129 | (54.4) | 106 | (44.7) | 49 | (20.7) |
| 1988–89 | 116 | (87.2) | 16 | (12.0) | 3 | (2.3) |
| 1987–88 | 374 | (95.9) | 16 | (4.1) | 5 | (1.3) |
| 1986–87 | 63 | (56.8) | 47 | (42.3) | 5 | (4.5) |
(i) Other matters
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Settled
| Percentage
| Reachedfull hearing
| Percentage
| Successful at hearing
| Percentage
| |
| 1990–91 | 4,911 | (58.7) | 7,147 | (30.9) | 1,433 | (17.1) |
| 1989–90 | 4,894 | (68.5) | 2,027 | (28.4) | 1,035 | (14.5) |
| 1988–89 | 4,089 | (76.5) | 1,031 | (19.3) | 566 | (10.6) |
| 1987–88 | 1,960 | (68.3) | 812 | (28.3) | 294 | (10.2) |
| 1986–87 | 1,515 | (70.8) | 623 | (29.1) | 294 | (13.7) |
Key:
UD—Unfair dismissal—excludes dismissals on grounds of pregnancy, trade union membership or activities, or non-membership.
Red—Redundancy rights—includes claims for redundancy payments and redundancy provisions of Employment Protection Act 1975.
Mat—Maternity rights—includes maternity pay, dismissal on grounds of pregnancy and refusal of right to return to work after maternity absence, but excludes time off for ante-natal care
EqP—Equal Pay.
SD—Sex discrimination.
RD—Race discrimination.
TU(1)—Trade union discrimination: dismissals on grounds of trade union membership or activities, or non-membership.
TU(2)—Trade union discrimination: action short of dismissal—excludes time off for trade union duties and activities.