Lamport Bassitt Solicitors - Legal News - Employment tribunal cases 'on the rise'


	LATEST LATEST LEGAL NEWS ARCHIVE		LATEST NEWS & EVENTS Employment tribunal cases 'on the rise' There have been an increasing number of employment tribunals in light of the recession, according to an expert. Rakesh Patel, head of the employment rights team of Thompsons in London, explained that businesses have a legal obligation to consult staff who are under the threat of redundancy. "Multiple cases for failing to consult people over redundancies [and] multi-claimant cases have increased," he said. Mr Patel observed that employers will seek to "handpick people that they want to get rid of". In this way, it could be said that businesses use job losses as a means of coping with a downturn. The representative also confirmed his belief that such tribunal cases are inevitably linked to the recession. In fact, the Tribunals Service recently revealed that the number of claims was 236,100 in 2009-10, compared with 151,000 in 2008-09. This amounts to an increase of 56 per cent between the two periods. Posted by Mark Phillips Related Articles: 18/5/2012 - Dockers strike again over 'attack on employment contracts' 3/5/2012 - OECD called into investigate 'blatant' employment law breaches at Liverpool firm 27/4/2012 - Supreme Court ruling gives green light to forced retirement? 20/4/2012 - Disabled workers demonstrate over Remploy closures 5/4/2012 - Employment tribunal rules set for shake-up More Employment Law News