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<p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to working across the employment law
(including the employment dispute resolution) system to help to make it easier for
companies to hire and manage staff, while protecting workers' rights. This encourages
employers to create new jobs, supporting enterprise and growth.</p><p> </p><p>Workload
before the employment tribunals is affected by several factors, including underlying
economic performance trends, the impacts of reforms of employment legislation and
tribunals process, and the number of collective disputes (for example involving insolvencies,
and equal pay complaints) that lead to large-scale multiple claims.</p><p> </p><p>The
number of claims accepted by employment tribunals and processed by HMCTS in each calendar
year, since 2010, is set out in the table below.</p><p><strong>Employment tribunal
claims accepted in Scotland for Calendar years 2010 to 2013, inclusive</strong></p><p>
</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Calendar Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>No.
Claims Accepted</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p>18,795</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p>16,670</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p>12,533</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>7,506</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source:
ET Database</p><p> </p>
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