Yerty
Data use & citation
Yerty produces original analysis of the published Employment Tribunal record. We want our findings to be read and cited while protecting the structured database, verification work and analytical products that make them possible. This policy explains what you may use, what requires a separate licence, how to credit us and where the source material comes from.
What the data is
The original Employment Tribunal decisions and associated public-sector information published by HM Courts & Tribunals Service on GOV.UK are referred to in this policy as the Source Decisions. They are made available under the Open Government Licence v3.0, except where otherwise stated.
The Yerty Index™ is RightsTech Ltd's structured and verified database derived from the Source Decisions. It includes Yerty's database structure, schema, classifications, annotations, links, validation work, standardised fields and analytical views.
Reports, statistics, charts, findings, benchmarks and other material generated from the Yerty Index are referred to in this policy as Yerty Outputs.
Yerty does not claim ownership of the Source Decisions. Nothing in this policy prevents anyone from obtaining and lawfully using Source Decisions directly from GOV.UK under the applicable public-sector licence.
Two levels of access
Different permissions apply to Yerty Outputs made freely available and to material available through a subscription, data delivery or API.
Tier 1 — Free Yerty Outputs
Findings, statistics, charts and other Yerty Outputs that we make freely accessible and identify as free content. These may be reused for non-commercial purposes with attribution, subject to the terms below.
Tier 2 — Subscription and licensed access
Material available through a paid account, subscription, data delivery, bulk export, database or API. Access is governed by the applicable subscription, order form or written licence.
What you may do with free Yerty Outputs
Free Yerty Outputs are made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC 4.0), unless a different licence or notice is displayed.
Subject to that licence and proper attribution, you may:
- quote or reproduce an individual Yerty statistic or finding;
- reproduce or embed a Yerty chart made freely available;
- adapt a Yerty finding for journalism, research, teaching or personal work; and
- link to and discuss Yerty findings in your own work.
The CC BY-NC 4.0 licence applies only to Yerty Outputs in which RightsTech Ltd owns or controls the relevant rights. It does not apply to:
- the Source Decisions;
- public-sector information available under the Open Government Licence;
- third-party material;
- the Yerty Index;
- subscription-only reports, results or features;
- bulk data, exports or API responses; or
- material displayed with different terms.
The Creative Commons licence permits non-commercial use only. "Non-commercial" has the meaning given in that licence. Nothing in this policy limits any rights or exceptions available independently under applicable law.
Use by subscribers
Subject to the applicable subscription plan, authorised subscribers may access and use the subscribed Yerty service for legitimate internal business and professional purposes.
Permitted professional use includes:
- researching Employment Tribunal outcomes;
- advising a client, employer or organisation;
- using individual findings in internal analysis or client work;
- referring to Yerty Outputs in correspondence, advice, reports or presentations; and
- sharing reports through a sharing function expressly provided by Yerty.
Ordinary internal business or professional use is permitted. It is not prohibited merely because the subscriber operates a commercial business or charges for professional services.
Unless a subscription plan or written agreement expressly permits it, subscribers must not:
- scrape, crawl, bulk-download or systematically extract the Yerty Index;
- redistribute, resell or sublicense Yerty Index records;
- create or help create a substitute or competing database;
- make Yerty Index data available through another product, application or service;
- use automated means to reproduce or retain a substantial part of the Yerty Index;
- allow unauthorised people to use their account;
- use Yerty Index data or subscription-only Yerty Outputs to train, fine-tune, develop, evaluate or benchmark an AI or machine-learning model;
- create embeddings, a vector database or a persistent external knowledge base from Yerty Index data; or
- circumvent account, usage or subscription limits.
Shared benchmark report links
Subscribers on an eligible Intelligence Hub plan may generate a time-limited, read-only link to a Benchmark Report they have built (a share link). This is the authorised way to give another person access to that report without giving them access to the subscriber's account or to the Yerty Index.
If you generate a share link, you may send it to a colleague, client, adviser or other intended recipient for a legitimate business or professional purpose. You must not post it publicly, sell access to it, distribute it more widely than reasonably necessary or use it to avoid subscription requirements. You may revoke a link or let it expire, and Yerty may disable a link that is abused or creates a security or privacy risk.
If you open a share link, you may view and consider the report for the business or professional purpose for which it was shared. You may quote individual figures with the attribution set out below. You must not republish or redistribute the complete report, scrape or systematically extract its contents, sell access to it, create a substitute report or database from it, or use it to train, fine-tune, evaluate or benchmark an AI or machine-learning model.
A share link provides limited access to the relevant report only. It does not provide access to the Yerty Index, create a subscription or convert subscription content into free content. By accessing a share link, you agree to comply with this policy and our Terms of Service.
Shared reports are statistical benchmarks only. They are not legal advice and are not a prediction of the outcome of any individual case.
AI and automated extraction
Except where RightsTech Ltd has given express written permission, you must not use the Yerty Index or Yerty Outputs obtained from Yerty to:
- train, fine-tune or develop an AI or machine-learning model;
- evaluate or benchmark an AI or machine-learning system;
- create embeddings, a vector database or another persistent machine- readable knowledge base;
- perform bulk text-and-data mining or automated extraction;
- populate another database, product or service; or
- provide retrieved Yerty materials to another automated system for any of those purposes.
These restrictions apply to materials obtained from Yerty. They do not restrict anyone from independently obtaining and lawfully using Source Decisions from GOV.UK under the terms and laws applicable to that use.
Our reservation of rights for automated analysis is also declared in machine-readable form at /.well-known/tdmrep.json.
How to cite Yerty
Source: Yerty Intelligence Hub (yerty.co.uk), 2026.Yerty Findings — "[title]", yerty.co.uk/tribunal-data/findings/[slug], accessed [date].Yerty (2026). [Finding title]. Yerty Intelligence Hub. Retrieved [date] from [URL].Where space allows, link to the relevant Yerty page.
Source attribution
Where you reproduce a Yerty finding derived from the Source Decisions, please also include the following attribution where reasonably practicable:
Source: Yerty Intelligence Hub, based on published Employment Tribunal decisions. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.Personal data
Source Decisions may contain personal data and, in some cases, information concerning health, disability, trade-union membership or other sensitive matters. The Open Government Licence does not license personal data, and the publication of information on GOV.UK does not remove obligations arising under data-protection law or other applicable laws.
Yerty's published statistical findings are generally aggregated and designed not to identify individuals. Some case-level records may contain names or other information reproduced from Source Decisions. Claimant names are not offered as a person-based research product; where a tribunal has anonymised a decision, Yerty preserves that anonymisation. For information about how Yerty handles personal data, see our Privacy Policy (Yerty Index™ data).
Commercial licences and data partnerships
A separate written agreement is required for:
- bulk or recurring data delivery;
- API access outside standard product functionality;
- incorporation of Yerty Index data into another product or service;
- redistribution, resale or sublicensing;
- creation of a derivative commercial database or persistent external knowledge base;
- AI or machine-learning development, training, fine-tuning, evaluation or benchmarking; or
- any other use outside the permissions granted by a subscription.
Commercial licences may define permitted products, users, data fields, volumes, retention periods, technical controls, security requirements, model rights and onward-use restrictions. To discuss a licence or data partnership, contact licensing@yerty.co.uk.
Accuracy, corrections and no warranty
Yerty Outputs are derived from the published record and may contain errors, omissions or classifications that require correction. They are provided "as is", without warranty. They describe past decided cases and are not a prediction for any individual case.
If you believe a record or figure is wrong, please contact us through the contact page. Yerty may correct, update, restrict or remove a record or output where the official source changes, an error is identified or a legal, privacy or security requirement applies.
Rights reserved and governing law
The Source Decisions remain subject to the rights and licence terms applying to them at source.
To the extent that copyright, database right or other intellectual- property rights subsist, RightsTech Ltd reserves those rights in the Yerty Index and Yerty Outputs, including their compilation, selection, arrangement, schema, classifications, annotations, validation, analysis and visual presentation.
Access to Yerty does not transfer ownership of the Yerty Index or Yerty Outputs. Except where this policy, an applicable subscription plan or a written agreement expressly permits a use, all rights are reserved. This policy is governed by the laws of England and Wales.
Yerty is a product of RightsTech Ltd. This policy may be updated from time to time; the "last reviewed" date above reflects the current version. Yerty™ and Yerty Index™ are trade marks of RightsTech Ltd. Nothing on this page is legal advice.