Employment Tribunal receipts 25,000 in Q1 2026/27

There were 14,000 single claim receipts and 11,000 multiple claims within 500 lead cases. The ET disposed of 10,000 claims and had 537,000 open claims at the end of June 2026.

The Ministry of Justice recorded 25,000 Employment Tribunal receipts from April to June 2026. This is the first quarter of the 2026/27 financial year. Receipts count claims received by the tribunal, rather than decisions or awards made to employees.

Single claims concern individual cases. There were 14,000 single claim receipts, representing 57% of the total. Multiple claims can link many individual cases to one employer. There were 11,000 multiple claim receipts across 500 lead multiple cases. The report explains that large groups of claims against one employer can cause these totals to change sharply.