Business, Innovation and Skills written question – answered at on 9 June 2009.
Grant Shapps
Shadow Minister (Communities and Local Government) (Housing and Planning), Co-Chair, Conservative Party
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many actions under employment law have been brought against his Department and its predecessor in each of the last three years; how many such actions were brought under each category of action; and how many such actions were contested by his Department at an employment tribunal.
Pat McFadden
Minister of State (Department for Business, Innovation and Skills), Member, Labour Party National Executive Committee
Since 2006 28 cases were lodged against the Department. We are unable to state the number in each category for reasons of confidentiality.
However in general terms the categories of claim were:
Age discrimination
Breach of contract
Disability Discrimination
Equal treatment of agency
Gender grounds
Race discrimination
Unfair dismissal
Unfair selection for redundancy
Public interest disclosure (whistle blowing)
Some individuals lodged claims under more than one category.
12 cases have proceeded to full hearing and were contested by the Department at employment tribunal. Four further cases remain pending.
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