Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/34956 
Year of Publication: 
2008
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 3629
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper uses the 2003 Survey of Employment Tribunal Applications to examine the post-application employment consequences for individuals registering complaints to Employment Tribunals following dismissal or redundancy. In examining this issue, we consider a number of pieces of evidence: (i) the probability of finding another job; (ii) the time taken to get a new job and (iii) the pay/status of the new job. It is found that age plays a significant role in aspects (i) and (iii), whilst those who previously held managerial positions generally took longest to get a new job and found it most difficult to achieve a similar level of pay/status in their current jobs. Long-term health problems/disability is associated with significantly worse outcomes on all three measures. Respondents whose cases were dismissed by the tribunals without hearings fared worst in terms of obtaining a new job and the time it took to do so compared with other outcomes. There were, however, fewer differences by outcome in the relative pay/status of the claimant's current job.
Subjects: 
Employment tribunals
job separations
job search
JEL: 
K4
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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