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| Withdrawn | 35 | 19% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1806700/2021 | 22 February 2022 | Ms M Arif | Lloyds Bank plc | England & Wales | — |
| 4109548/2021 | 16 February 2022 | Member Lorraine Brown Tribunal Member Vernon Alexander Ms K Scott | HBOS plc | Scotland | £2,140 |
| 2202054/2021 | 10 February 2022 | Ms. M. Glover | Lacoste UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1400994/2021 | 28 January 2022 | Miss C C Mouzourou | Shoreham Health Shop Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2502181/2020 | 9 January 2022 | Mrs C Chatfield | The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | £353 |
| 1804827/2021 | 23 December 2021 | Ms J Payne | Lifeways Community Care Services | England & Wales | — |
| 4107494/2019 | 21 December 2021 | — | Ministry of Defence | Scotland | — |
| 2600934/2020 | 17 December 2021 | Mr M Wright |
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 |
| — |
| 2207658/2020 | 15 December 2021 | In person For the | Ms A Ahmad | England & Wales | — |
| 3200519/2020 | 15 December 2021 | Mr Michael Cleary | Rail for London (Infrastructure) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1807365/2020 | 8 December 2021 | Miss K Dent | Expeditors International UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3204951/2021 | 30 November 2021 | Miss K Berkeley | Clarity Products Limited | England & Wales | £2,114 |
| 2205699/2019 | 22 November 2021 | In person | — | England & Wales | £4,352 |
| 2602895/2020 | 18 November 2021 | Ms B Thorpe | RED Rock Partnership | England & Wales | £23,605 |
| 2300947/2020 | 20 October 2021 | Mr A Silva | Inn Hotel Services Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1404856/2021 | 13 October 2021 | Miss Janet Parker | Clifton Diocese | England & Wales | — |
| 3300118/2021 | 27 September 2021 | Mrs H Ryan | Home Office | England & Wales | — |
| 4107619/2021 | 23 September 2021 | Miss E Campbell | & Mr Smith Student Advisors Lothian Health Board | Scotland | — |
| 3301396/2021 | 22 September 2021 | Mr D. Schroder | Tesco Stores Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3307324/2020 | 10 September 2021 | Mrs F Kelly | Norfolk & Norwich Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1307970/2019 | 3 September 2021 | In Person | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1803064/2020 | 16 August 2021 | Mr M Elahi | Sky Subscriber Services Limited | England & Wales | £22,735 |
| 2405876/2020 | 15 July 2021 | Mrs F Amin | First West Yorkshire Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3304104/2020 | 9 July 2021 | Mr G Cocks | The Construction Industry Training Board | England & Wales | — |
| 1802616/2021 | 2 July 2021 | Mrs Tracey Harrison-Racey | East Riding of Yorkshire Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2501602/2020 | 30 June 2021 | Mrs R Brightey | Redde Limited | England & Wales | £1,459 |
| 1601040/2020 | 28 June 2021 | Ms K Doyle | Castle Leisure Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3201917/2019 | 23 June 2021 | Ms Eunice Awala | Financial Ombudsman Service Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3201503/2018 | 18 June 2021 | Mr B Hickman | H.C Chambers and Son Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2207602/2022 | 9 June 2021 | Mr P Corke | Department for Transport | England & Wales | — |
| 1806398/2020 | 2 June 2021 | Mr. Pandambo | Microsearch Laboratories Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3313818/2019 | 20 May 2021 | Mr James Gentle | Flare Products Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3334853/2018 | 12 May 2021 | Mr Robert Elliott | Slough Children’s Services Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 4101470/2020 | 10 May 2021 | Mr D Wilson | Sky Subscriber Services Limited | Scotland | — |
| 1804987/2020 | 29 March 2021 | Mr K Persand | Gant UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2303568/2017 | 17 March 2021 | Ms C D’Souza, Counsel For | — | England & Wales | — |
| 4100022/2020 | 17 March 2021 | Member McPherson Tribunal Member Whistler Mrs L M Sloan | Dumfries and Galloway Health Board | Scotland | — |
| 1308232/2019 | 16 March 2021 | — | London EV Co Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3320582/2019 | 15 March 2021 | Mrs P T Gonzalez Bellido | The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Cambridge | England & Wales | — |
| 2500224/2020 | 16 February 2021 | Mrs Emma Arnett-Davies | Ministry of Defence | England & Wales | £376 |
| 3200525/2019 | 11 February 2021 | Mrs K Desai | London Borough of Waltham Forest | England & Wales | — |
| 3304650/2020 | 28 January 2021 | Ms Suraiya Begum | Surgi-Call Locums Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2302442/2018 | 22 January 2021 | Miss J Philippou | Secretary of State for Justice Heard by Cloud Video | England & Wales | £3,556 |
| 2501588/2020 | 16 December 2020 | Mrs R Brightey | Redde Limited Heard: Remotely by video | England & Wales | — |
| 3319932/2019 | 8 December 2020 | Mr C Williamson | Ambivent Limited | England & Wales | £1,050 |
| 2300612/2019 | 7 December 2020 | Mr K Vieru | Oxford Economics Ltd Heard: via CVP | England & Wales | — |
| 2201025/2020 | 27 November 2020 | In person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1308047/2019 | 4 November 2020 | Ms F Williams | NFU Mutual Service Company Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1601119/2019 | 30 October 2020 | Ms T. Curnock | Bridgend County Borough Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2205768/2019 | 19 October 2020 | In person | Mr S Flynn - Counsel REMOTE OPEN PRELIMINARY HEARING VIA CLOUD VIDEO PLATFORM | England & Wales | — |