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  "generated": "2026-10-27",
  "source": {
    "title": "Employment tribunal decisions",
    "publisher": "GOV.UK",
    "url": "https://www.gov.uk/employment-tribunal-decisions"
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  "method": "Counts of decisions published on GOV.UK’s employment tribunal decisions database in each calendar month, using the categories GOV.UK assigns. A decision can carry several categories. No personal data is used.",
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        "category": "Breach of contract",
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        "category": "Redundancy",
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      "title": "Tribunal watch: pregnancy, harassment and victimisation",
      "date": "2026-10-27",
      "url": "https://hrjoy.co.uk/tribunals/watch/2026-w44/"
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  "licence": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0."
}