The Employment Appeals Tribunal made decisions on 3,199 claims last year, a 16 per cent increase on 1999, according to the tribunal’s annual report published today.
The number of cases referred to the tribunal in 2000 rose by 11.5 per cent compared to 1999 due mainly to an increase in the number of minimum-notice cases referred to it.
The tribunal was established under the Redundancy Payments Act, 1967, for the purpose of resolving disputes concerning employees’ entitlements to statutory redundancy payments.
Its remit has since extended to include responsibility for the settlement of disputes under various other employment acts.
The number of claims under the Organisation of Working Time Act also continued to rise in 2000. The number of claims referred rose to 170, an increase of 35 on the 1999 figure.
The tribunal’s report was launched by Minister of State for Labour, Trade and Consumer Affairs Mr Tom Kitt.