400 claim unfair dismissal against ministry
Friday 27 January 2012
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EmailNearly 400 employees have claimed unfair dismissal by the government's biggest-spending department since the coalition took office.
There have been 389 applications for unfair dismissal tribunal hearings against the Department for Work and Pensions since June 2010, according to figures released yesterday by Employment Minister Chris Grayling.
A flurry of claims were lodged with the department towards the end of last year, with a total of 154 between August and the end of December, and a rate of almost two a day in September (59 in total).
The figures were released in response to a written parliamentary question by Harrow West Labour MP Gareth Thomas on Thursday.
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