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| Withdrawn | 35 | 19% |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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3304147/2020 | 12 October 2020 | Mr M Vladimirov | Rockwell Search Limited | England & Wales | £750 |
| 1600305/2020 | 4 October 2020 | Mr M Jackson | Reserve Forces & Cadets Association For Wales | England & Wales | — |
| 2400529/2020 | 29 September 2020 | Mr K Casserly | OCS Group UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1803663/2020 | 3 September 2020 | Mrs M Booth | Knight Frank LLP | England & Wales | — |
| 2414882/2019 | 3 September 2020 | Mrs S Barber | Booking.com Transport Limited (formerly Traveljigsaw Ltd) | England & Wales | — |
| 2408094/2020 | 26 August 2020 | Ms J Harrison | St Paul Of The Cross Catholic Primary School | England & Wales | — |
| 2401171/2020 | 24 August 2020 | Mrs R Johnson | TJ Morris Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2502530/2019 | 20 August 2020 | Miss JE Boyack |
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 |
| Travel And Financial Services Ltd |
| England & Wales |
| — |
| 1304309/2020 | 15 August 2020 | Mr M Hasan | Birmingham City Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2414723/2019 | 12 August 2020 | Mr D Bain | B&M Retail Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2414391/2019 | 6 August 2020 | Mr A de Carlos | Walkers Snack Foods Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1601407/2018 | 28 July 2020 | Mrs S Richards | Betsi Cadwaladr University Local Health Board | England & Wales | — |
| 1308119/2019 | 23 July 2020 | Mrs C Hutchinson | Centre Island Birmingham Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2401767/2019 | 19 July 2020 | Ms J Platt | E.ON Energy Solutions Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3322061/2019 | 15 July 2020 | Miss L Mount | Vetoquinol UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1300475/2020 | 8 July 2020 | Mrs J Jalaf-Hadley | Under the Hammer Auctions Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1300340/2020 | 6 July 2020 | J Daley | Walsall Council | England & Wales | — |
| 3327475/2019 | 3 July 2020 | Mr E Barath | — | England & Wales | — |
| 1401728/2020 | 3 July 2020 | Mrs C Wojnarowski | Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2503603/2019 | 29 June 2020 | Mr R Kirk | Nifco UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1307259/2019 | 26 June 2020 | Miss K Hawe | DHL Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2402267/2019 | 23 June 2020 | Ms K Penney | Easi-Drive Limited & Others | England & Wales | — |
| 3300018/2019 | 15 June 2020 | Mr D East | JD Wetherspoon | England & Wales | — |
| 1404200/2019 | 11 June 2020 | Mr B Williams | Mid Devon District Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2405337/2020 | 7 June 2020 | Mrs L Mallen | North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1304220/2020 | 3 June 2020 | Mr P Cooke | University of Warwick | England & Wales | — |
| 2401747/2020 | 28 May 2020 | Mr R Wilkinson | Arriva North West Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2400884/2020 | 28 May 2020 | Mr J Smart | Manchester Airport plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2202267/2019 | 18 May 2020 | Ms S Jallow | QBE Management Services (UK) Limited | England & Wales | £4,370 |
| 2301278/2019 | 5 May 2020 | Ms S Hall | Harpercollins Publishers Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2200266/2019 | 23 April 2020 | Mrs A Menezes | Ecclesiastical Insurance | England & Wales | — |
| 2500372/2020 | 22 April 2020 | Mrs P Slater | Learning Curve Group | England & Wales | — |
| 1601771/2019 | 3 April 2020 | Mrs N Allen | Wilko Retail Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3318754/2019 | 23 March 2020 | Did not attend and was not represented. For the | Bradshaw Support Limited | England & Wales | £2,921 |
| 2414491/2019 | 10 March 2020 | Mrs J Williams | Superdrug Stores plc | England & Wales | — |
| 1803569/2019 | 9 March 2020 | Mr S Appleyard | Shay Grange Golf Centre Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3320622/2019 | 8 March 2020 | Mrs J Gosling | Apple Europe Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1401117/2019 | 7 March 2020 | Mrs J Middleton | Canford School Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3320071/2019 | 6 March 2020 | Ms J Eniola | Dacorum Borough Council | England & Wales | — |
| 2414414/2019 | 6 March 2020 | Mr S Merdono | ELP Legal Team | England & Wales | — |
| 2305403/2019 | 5 March 2020 | Mr S Hill | Kent Police legal Services Department | England & Wales | — |
| 3202977/2019 | 3 March 2020 | Mr Q Willison | Push Technology Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2414688/2019 | 2 March 2020 | Ms E Ellis | St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | England & Wales | — |
| 1400747/2019 | 26 February 2020 | Mrs S Swaby | Robert Brooks and James Witt t/a RV Brooks & JD Witt | England & Wales | — |
| 3324709/2019 | 26 February 2020 | Mr A Trolan | BAE Systems plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2400713/2020 | 26 February 2020 | Miss C Shaw | Abbeyfield Furness Extra Care Society Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2300720/2018 | 24 February 2020 | In Person For the | Mr E Nuttman, Solicitor (Ward Hathaway) | England & Wales | — |
| 1402995/2018 | 21 February 2020 | Mrs S Witherby | Encore Care Homes Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1804637/2019 | 18 February 2020 | Mr MA Hussain | Sim Ventures (R1) Imran Kamal (R2) | England & Wales | — |
| 2406146/2019 | 17 February 2020 | Ms K Walker | XC Trains Ltd | England & Wales | — |