I came across this information while doing some research. It's taken from Hansard on 9 November 2010. The information, as the qualification below makes clear, should not be taken as gospel but from my own experience it's not too far off. What this information does not mention are the many man hours that are needed to prepare for a tribunal. Those are the hours spent by your legal representative exploring the facts and the relevant law; the hours spent by each potential witness as they try to recollect incidents from the recent past and if necessary put them down in a witness statement and the hours spent trawling though documents to decide what is relevant to the case to be addressed. "The following table gives the overall average time taken, in minutes, for a hearing at an employment tribunal, and a jurisdictional average. This information is management information and is used for internal purposes only; it has not been validated and relies on manual data input." Average hearing times, in minutes, for claims at an employment tribunal 2007-08 to 2009-10 Minutes 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 All claims Average length of hearing 246 250 224 By jurisdiction Unfair dismissal 276 275 251 Unauthorised deduction from wages (formerly Wages Act) 197 193 172 Breach of contract 217 208 187 Sex discrimination 266 285 284 Working time directive 204 193 173 Redundancy pay 130 120 110 Disability discrimination 255 264 232 Redundancy—failure to inform and consult 109 154 178 Equal pay 189 242 283 Race discrimination 390 438 368 Written statement of terms and conditions 202 205 195 Written statement of reasons for dismissal 226 291 224 Written pay statement 175 172 164 Transfer of an undertaking—failure to inform and consult 246 214 219 Suffer a detriment/unfair dismissal—pregnancy 250 227 235 Part time workers regulations 314 248 188 National minimum wage 187 231 254 Discrimination on the grounds of religion or belief 422 424 370 Discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation 338 276 258 Age discrimination 212 260 237 Others = All other jurisdictions combined 352 383 326
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