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Tribunal Watch has indexed 274 UK employment tribunal cases involving flexible working claims, published on gov.uk since 2017. Where compensation was recorded, the median award was £2,888 (the largest £42,909) across 34 cases. Tribunals upheld 31% of the 127 decided flexible working claims. These cases name 265 distinct employers as respondents.
| Outcome | Claims | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Dismissed | 88 | 47% |
| Upheld | 39 | 21% |
| Withdrawn | 35 | 19% |
| Struck out | 19 | 10% |
| Other | 8 | 4% |
| Year | Cases | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 52 | |
| 2020 | 73 | |
| 2021 | 38 | |
| 2022 | 21 | |
| 2023 | 20 | |
| 2024 | 26 | |
| 2025 | 28 | |
| 2026 | 10 |
| Case ref. | Decided | Claimant | Primary respondent | Total award |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2304892/2021 | 14 May 2024 | Miss S Beattie | Senseco Systems Limited | £42,909 |
| 2602609/2023 | 27 November 2025 | Mr S Russell-Smith | Juice Creative Design Limited | £39,858 |
| 8001100/2024 | 6 June 2024 | Ms C Campbell | Lothian Health Board | £25,486 |
| 2602895/2020 | 18 November 2021 | Ms B Thorpe | RED Rock Partnership | £23,605 |
| 1803064/2020 | 16 August 2021 | Mr M Elahi | Sky Subscriber Services Limited | £22,735 |
| 4106401/2024 | 3 February 2025 | Mr E Heggarty | Record U.K. Limited | £20,571 |
| 1805406/2022 | 7 July 2023 | Mrs Y Whitwam | Cura Terrae Ltd (First Respondent) Miss S Blannin (Second Respondent) Mr. P Skipworth (Third Respondent) | £11,505 |
| 2408038/2021 | 2 August 2023 | Ms C O’Brien | Cheshire & Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust | £10,270 |
| Case ref. | Decided | Claimant | Primary respondent | Jurisdiction | Total award |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2602564/2018 | 30 April 2026 | Mr. C Campbell-Follett | University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 3335025/2018 | 30 April 2026 | Mrs D Crow | Hanson Cement | England & Wales | — |
| 2600581/2019 | 29 April 2026 | Miss. S March | Centre Parcs Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3313934/2019 | 29 April 2026 | Mrs R Abbott | SAS Software Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3304329/2020 | 26 April 2026 | Mrs J Wahid | Bedford School | England & Wales | — |
| 3320212/2019 | 26 April 2026 | Mrs S Steans | Community Dental Services CIC | England & Wales | — |
| 3326027/2019 | 26 April 2026 | Mrs L Holland | Awe plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2602819/2018 | 26 April 2026 | Mr. D Pepper | Acas | England & Wales |
Cases on this page are identified by first-pass extraction against the locked §4.4 claim-type taxonomy — a judgment enters the flexible working caseload if flexible workingis tagged in its classification output. A single judgment frequently combines multiple claim types, so the same case may appear on more than one claim-type page. Per-claim outcomes come from the second-pass (LLM-assisted) extraction and are recorded for each claim a judgment decides; the success rate counts only claims a tribunal decided on the merits (upheld or dismissed). Award figures are taken from the remedy section of each judgment where present; cases without a quantified award — because the tribunal only determined liability, or because the remedy hearing is pending — are excluded from the compensation figures. Regional splits follow the tribunal's jurisdiction as recorded on gov.uk. Nothing on this page is legal advice or a prediction of any outcome; for any specific matter the gov.uk judgment PDF linked from each case page is the authoritative source.
| Acas |
| 1 |
| 15 | Achieving for Children | 1 |
| 16 | Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust | 1 |
| 17 | Alloga UK Limited | 1 |
| 18 | Almond Care Ltd | 1 |
| 19 | Ambivent Limited | 1 |
| 20 | Anatune Ltd: S/4101322/2019 | 1 |
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| 2307659/2023 | 6 March 2026 | Ms S Forde | Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1400028/2025 | 16 January 2026 | Ms H Floyd | His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service | England & Wales | £4,200 |
| 2200608/2024 | 22 December 2025 | Mr C Wise | H M Revenue & Customs | England & Wales | — |
| 2306256/2023 | 19 December 2025 | Mr Michael-James Thorne | Home office Heard: by CVP in London South | England & Wales | £1,267 |
| 2204794/2023 | 15 December 2025 | Miss S Stubbs | North London NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 3304669/2024 | 4 December 2025 | Mrs K Farmer | Fresh Cut Video Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6016444/2024 | 3 December 2025 | Mrs D Old | Davies Group Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2602609/2023 | 27 November 2025 | Mr S Russell-Smith | Juice Creative Design Limited | England & Wales | £39,858 |
| 6015477/2024 | 24 November 2025 | Mrs J Robinson | Pertemps Recruitment Partnership Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 6010897/2025 | 13 November 2025 | Mr T Oyoo | National Crime Agency | England & Wales | — |
| 2500640/2025 | 3 November 2025 | Mr I Noble Respondent Asda Stores Ltd | — | England & Wales | — |
| 6010507/2024 | 23 October 2025 | M Barr | The Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue & Customs | England & Wales | — |
| 2411962/2023 | 17 October 2025 | Miss A Lea | British Telecommunications plc | England & Wales | £3,411 |
| 6012748/2024 | 8 September 2025 | Ms L M Sabine | Lloyds Bank plc | England & Wales | — |
| 3201320/2023 | 1 September 2025 | Mrs P Freedman | Taylor Surveyors Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1311313/2024 | 11 August 2025 | Mr. P. Wilson | Rhenus Warehousing Solutions Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3311138/2023 | 23 July 2025 | self representing For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1808609/2023 | 7 July 2025 | — | Thomas Niamh Contracting Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3306080/2024 | 3 July 2025 | Did not attend and was not represented For the | Community Spaces Northampton | England & Wales | — |
| 4105252/2024 | 3 July 2025 | Ms K Dominick | Represented by Mr D Japp Solicitor The Chief Constable of the Police Service | Scotland | — |
| 2304599/2023 | 26 March 2025 | Agnieszka Wilshire | Bourne Education Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 6009505/2024 | 12 March 2025 | Miss A Wolanska | DHL Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2302091/2023 | 26 February 2025 | Mr A Mughal | Croner-i Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1305710/2024 | 24 February 2025 | Mrs AE Thomas | Almond Care Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 6005396/2024 | 21 February 2025 | Ms R Wadie 1st | Helios Towers Group LLP 2nd Respondent: Mr PJ Barrett | England & Wales | — |
| 2601080/2024 | 13 February 2025 | Mr M Fry | Transport UK East Midlands Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4106401/2024 | 3 February 2025 | Mr E Heggarty | Record U.K. Limited | Scotland | £20,571 |
| 3307032/2022 | 28 January 2025 | Mr. Platts (the claimant’s husband) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2214024/2023 | 23 January 2025 | Ms R Sutherland | Intesa Sanpaolo S.P.A. | England & Wales | — |
| 8000069/2024 | 13 January 2025 | L Brown & G McKay Ms S Rashid | Student Loans Company Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 2403470/2023 | 18 December 2024 | O Ruzieva | North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 3304544/2024 | 18 December 2024 | Mr H Morsing | Howden Joinery Group plc | England & Wales | — |
| 8001169/2024 | 16 December 2024 | Ms Q Zahid | Lloyds Bank plc | Scotland | — |
| 2205138/2023 | 6 December 2024 | Mr M Vallis-Wilks | London Underground Limited | England & Wales | £2,855 |
| 2218518/2024 | 4 December 2024 | Ms C Ekwunife | Sage Housing Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1304526/2023 | 27 November 2024 | Mr D Sanders | Department for Education | England & Wales | — |
| 2217626/2023 | 26 November 2024 | Mr A Johnson | Money and Pension Service | England & Wales | — |
| 2303153/2021 | 25 November 2024 | Ms S Chaston | Ministry of Justice | England & Wales | — |
| 1308547/2023 | 20 November 2024 | Katie Vachon | Vibha Samani Health and Beauty | England & Wales | £1,004 |
| 2401443/2024 | 28 October 2024 | C Purcell | Hmr Group Holdings Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1306446/2023 | 10 October 2024 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 4104683/2024 | 18 September 2024 | E.T. Z (WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4104683/2024 Held at Aberdeen on September 2024 Employment Judge N M Hosie Mr George Donald | Aberdeen City Council | Scotland | — |