Claim pillar
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| Withdrawn | 35 | 19% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3308972/2023 | 17 September 2024 | Ms Donna Sharlene Brownlie | B/E Aerospace (UK) Ltd - 1st Collins Aerospace, INC – 2nd Raytheon Technologies Corp – 3rd Ms Nathalie Vioules – 4th | England & Wales | — |
| 2219592/2024 | 12 September 2024 | Mr M Herron | Network Rail Infrastructure Limited FULL MERITS LIABILITY HEARING AT LONDON CENTRAL Heard by CVP on 5 September 2024 | England & Wales | — |
| 4104605/2024 | 4 September 2024 | Mr D Doyle | Represented by: Ms S Christie - Solicitor Lloyds Bank plc | Scotland | — |
| 2603217/2023 | 3 September 2024 | Mr T Heath | CME Contracts Ltd | England & Wales | £340 |
| 2212766/2023 | 21 August 2024 | Ms Redman (Counsel) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3302697/2022 | 6 August 2024 | Mr Zaidi (claimant’s husband) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2303360/2022 | 2 July 2024 | Ms K Blackbourn | Sussex Police |
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 |
| England & Wales |
| — |
| 2411252/2023 | 27 June 2024 | Mrs S Power | Sunshine Care (Rochdale) CIC | England & Wales | — |
| 8001100/2024 | 6 June 2024 | Ms C Campbell | Lothian Health Board | Scotland | £25,486 |
| 1300808/2022 | 24 May 2024 | Mr H Sehmar | Continental Automotive Trading UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2304892/2021 | 14 May 2024 | Miss S Beattie | Senseco Systems Limited | England & Wales | £42,909 |
| 3301946/2023 | 3 May 2024 | Ms L Barbosa Dethling | Commissioner of the Police of the Metropolis | England & Wales | — |
| 2406698/2022 | 26 April 2024 | Mr R Corrigan | The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman | England & Wales | — |
| 3304988/2022 | 7 January 2024 | In Person For the | Ms S Gage | England & Wales | £3,112 |
| 2302739/2023 | 20 December 2023 | Miss Wilson | Financial Conduct Authority | England & Wales | £643 |
| 1403075/2022 | 8 December 2023 | — | Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 3300406/2023 | 6 December 2023 | Mrs M Townsend | AstraZeneca UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4111387/2021 | 23 November 2023 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4111387/2021 (A) Held at Aberdeen on May 2022, 7, & 9, 13, & March, April May, June & September 2023 Employment Judge J M Hendry Members: Mrs D Massie Mr R Dearle Mrs C Watson | Represented by Mr M Allison, Advocate Ministry of Defence Police | Scotland | — |
| 1400317/2023 | 24 October 2023 | Miss N Garvin | Cancer Research UK | England & Wales | — |
| 2406233/2023 | 23 October 2023 | Mr P Whitehead | The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman | England & Wales | — |
| 4105899/2022 | 5 October 2023 | Tribunal Member: Ms L Grime Tribunal Member: A Matheson Miss Raegan Drew | D Milne Advocate The Co-operative Group Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2302586/2023 | 28 September 2023 | Ms A Czyz | Saxon Way Primary School | England & Wales | — |
| 3315920/2021 | 22 September 2023 | Mrs I Sutakova | Compass Group UK & Ireland Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1303205/2023 | 24 August 2023 | Alexandra Clay | Norton Armouries Film Ltd. | England & Wales | £3,680 |
| 2408038/2021 | 2 August 2023 | Ms C O’Brien | Cheshire & Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | £10,270 |
| 2501658/2022 | 27 July 2023 | Mr C Morris | Passport Office | England & Wales | £1,292 |
| 1805406/2022 | 7 July 2023 | Mrs Y Whitwam | Cura Terrae Ltd (First Respondent) Miss S Blannin (Second Respondent) Mr. P Skipworth (Third Respondent) | England & Wales | £11,505 |
| 2300831/2022 | 21 June 2023 | Mrs G Nolan | The Secretary of State for Justice | England & Wales | — |
| 4105897/2022 | 28 April 2023 | Mrs D Campbell | HM Revenue and Customs | Scotland | — |
| 2301328/2021 | 26 April 2023 | Miss Katy White | Dr A Mohamedali & Dr R Forgan t/a Grove Medical Centre | England & Wales | £1,069 |
| 2600085/2022 | 24 March 2023 | Mr E Langdon | Ministry of Justice | England & Wales | — |
| 1805336/2022 | 6 March 2023 | Mrs M Gorzewska | GXO Logistics UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1403052/2022 | 17 February 2023 | K Styles | Lidl Great Britain Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3301414/2021 | 13 January 2023 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 4101202/2022 | 30 December 2022 | P McColl and V P Alexander Mr Alexander MacFarlane | Represented by: Ms L Neil - Solicitor The Commissioners for Her Majesty’s | Scotland | £590 |
| 2603138/2021 | 28 November 2022 | Mr E Brown, trade union representative | Mr R Scuplak, consultant | England & Wales | — |
| 3301004/2021 | 25 November 2022 | Mrs D A Choudhury | Home Office v | England & Wales | — |
| 3202601/2021 | 28 October 2022 | Mr D Patterson | Secretary of State for Work & Pensions | England & Wales | — |
| 4103825/2022 | 19 October 2022 | — | Lothian Health Board | Scotland | — |
| 3314693/2021 | 13 September 2022 | Ms M Panayiotou | Circle Wood Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1800758/2022 | 23 August 2022 | Mr David Drainer | Gist Limited Heard by CVP | England & Wales | £4,352 |
| 1601962/2021 | 22 August 2022 | Ms S Welsh | Commissioners for HM Revenue & Customs | England & Wales | — |
| 4103069/2022 | 2 August 2022 | Mr F Ambrosini | Represented by:10 Ms C McDairmant - Solicitor Scotrail Trains Limited | Scotland | — |
| 2301190/2022 | 21 July 2022 | Mr B Lacey | Drift Bridge Garage Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3313464/2020 | 18 June 2022 | Mrs Sharma (mother) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3303384/2021 | 10 May 2022 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2203590/2020 | 20 April 2022 | In person | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3301964/2020 | 4 April 2022 | Ms E Holt | The London Borough of Haringey | England & Wales | — |
| 2201023/2021 | 15 March 2022 | Mr M Sulman | RATPDev London UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2401590/2020 | 1 March 2022 | Ms Isobel Bayliss of Counsel For the | Mr Zain Malik - Solicitor | England & Wales | — |