§ Mr. Hayhoeasked the Secretary of State for Employment what are the latest total figures for the number of cases dealt with under the unfair dismissal provisions of the Industrial Relations Act, 1971.
§ Mr. BoothIn the period from 28th February 1972 to 29th March 1974 conciliation officers of my Department received 18,977 complaints of unfair dismissal referred by industrial tribunals and 1,071 requests for help under Section 146(4) of the Industrial Relations Act. The latest statistics available on completed cases relate to the period between 28th February 1972 and 31st December 1973; of the 14,565 cases dealt with in this period 3,568 were successful through conciliation and 2,096 at a tribunal hearing.
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