Claim pillar
Tribunal Watch has indexed 25,755 UK employment tribunal cases involving working time regulations claims, published on gov.uk since 2017. Where compensation was recorded, the median award was £2,999 (the largest £3,449,329) across 10,123 cases. Tribunals upheld 42% of the 1,191 decided working time regulations claims. These cases name 19,227 distinct employers as respondents.
| Outcome | Claims | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Struck out | 1,343 | 34% |
| Withdrawn | 1,234 | 32% |
| Dismissed | 690 | 18% |
| Upheld | 501 | 13% |
| Other | 110 | 3% |
| Settled | 35 | 1% |
| Year | Cases | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 729 | |
| 2018 | 951 | |
| 2019 | 3,710 | |
| 2020 | 4,212 | |
| 2021 | 3,367 | |
| 2022 | 3,272 | |
| 2023 | 3,210 | |
| 2024 | 2,807 | |
| 2025 | 2,492 | |
| 2026 | 1,005 |
| Case ref. | Decided | Claimant | Primary respondent | Total award |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1404855/2018 | 5 June 2019 | In person For the | University of Southampton | £3,449,329 |
| 2202063/2014 | 8 November 2019 | Mr M Epstein For | Government of the State of Qatar | £388,920 |
| 3304188/2022 | 28 July 2023 | Cyril Gregory | Petro Trace Limited | £340,213 |
| 2204168/2021 | 23 June 2022 | Elle Kim | Finablr Ltd | £279,566 |
| 3320831/2021 | 30 November 2022 | Mr Joh Murphy | Remus Corporation UK Limited (in compulsory liquidation) | £234,410 |
| 2414266/2021 | 7 March 2022 | Mrs N Denmade and others (see schedule) | Trinity Brands UK Ltd | £219,664 |
| 3303037/2023 | 28 March 2024 | Miss K Lynch | Marshall Eaton Holdings Limited | £216,294 |
| 1404124/2019 | 18 February 2020 | Miss L Power and 29 others | Pitney Fabrication Co. Ltd | £201,107 |
| Case ref. | Decided | Claimant | Primary respondent | Jurisdiction | Total award |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1806960/2019 | 12 February 2020 | Mrs A Scott | Sulzer Pumps (UK) Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 2603419/2019 | 12 February 2020 | Mr. W Cox | Adecco UK Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1403415/2019 | 11 February 2020 | Miss M Parfitt | Heritage Management Services Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1807602/2019 | 11 February 2020 | Miss M Fussey | Humber Bridge Country Hotel Ltd (In Voluntary Liquidation) | England & Wales | £1,716 |
| 1403912/2019 | 11 February 2020 | Mrs W Hollick | Bawdens The Bakers @ Lucy Lou’s | England & Wales | — |
| 2202930/2019 | 11 February 2020 | — | London Elizabeth Hotel 2014 Ltd | England & Wales | £4,086 |
| 1309004/2019 | 11 February 2020 | Ms J Morse | Voyage Care | England & Wales | — |
| 1303660/2019 | 11 February 2020 | Mr I Smith Mrs A Smith Mr C Smith |
Cases on this page are identified by first-pass extraction against the locked §4.4 claim-type taxonomy — a judgment enters the working time regulations caseload if working time regulationsis 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.
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| Aberdeen City Council |
| 61 |
| 15 | West Dunbartonshire Council | 60 |
| 16 | North Ayrshire Council | 58 |
| 17 | South Ayrshire Council | 56 |
| 18 | Inverclyde Council | 49 |
| 19 | British Gas Trading Limited | 48 |
| 20 | Petrofac Facilities Management Limited | 46 |
| Richard Dobson T/a Millson Inns Ltd Rachel Millward |
| England & Wales |
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| 3314888/2019 | 11 February 2020 | in person For the | Muksha UK Ltd | England & Wales | £4,642 |
| 2603411/2019 | 11 February 2020 | Miss C Alliss | Tailor Contracting Ltd Slickhead Contracting Ltd Meenik Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3313427/2019 | 11 February 2020 | Mr Oliver, Consultant For the | — | England & Wales | £61,215 |
| 3353040/2017 | 11 February 2020 | Mrs J Witt | Marks and Spencer plc | England & Wales | — |
| 1400832/2019 | 11 February 2020 | Mr Ogbon (lay Representative) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 3326019/2019 | 11 February 2020 | Mr J Cable | Wellingborough Bid Limited | England & Wales | £5,513 |
| 2602497/2019 | 11 February 2020 | Mr R Raczka | The Best Connection Group Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 3310935/2019 | 11 February 2020 | Mr A Farooq | Barnet Enfield & Haringey Mental Health Trust & Others | England & Wales | — |
| 1300927/2019 | 11 February 2020 | Miss E Higgins | Half Moon Taylor | England & Wales | — |
| 3314144/2019 | 11 February 2020 | — | Cheval Holdings Group Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2411449/2019 | 11 February 2020 | Miss A Stephenson Respondent 1: Respondent 2: Respondent 3: Respondent 4: Respondent 5: Home Office UK Border Force Sarah Radcliffe Joe Ellison Ronan Neligan Andrew Healy | — | England & Wales | — |
| 4105942/2019 | 11 February 2020 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4105942/2019 Miss S Cavanagh | A & J Accountancy Services Ltd t/a JM Simpson & Co | Scotland | — |
| 1308518/2019 | 11 February 2020 | Mr S Pressdee | George Dyke Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4111439/2019 | 11 February 2020 | Mrs Linda Roberts | Maintenance & Building Preservation Ltd | Scotland | £4,386 |
| 2206946/2018 | 11 February 2020 | Mr B Jones, Counsel For both the | Laser Metal Fabrication Ltd | England & Wales | £2,779 |
| 2203176/2019 | 10 February 2020 | in person For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 4100050/2020 | 10 February 2020 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4100050/2020 Mrs M Ferguson | Pauline Jones (Octagon Kidz Club) | Scotland | £345 |
| 2602722/2019 | 10 February 2020 | Mr. P Kelsall | Direct Home And Retail Distribution Ltd | England & Wales | £1,221 |
| 2603530/2019 | 10 February 2020 | Mrs WE Thompson | Farmhouse Bakery | England & Wales | £4,259 |
| 2502592/2019 | 10 February 2020 | Mrs N Abrams | The Lanton Estate Partnership | England & Wales | — |
| 1803829/2020 | 10 February 2020 | E.T. Z (WR) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4105346/20 (V) Held on June 2021 Employment Judge J M Hendry Mr H Nesterovas | Macduff Shellfish Scotland Ltd | Scotland | — |
| 1403942/2019 | 10 February 2020 | Mr W Parsons | A1 Comms Retail Solutions Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 2301492/2019 | 10 February 2020 | Mr R Waters | Karimix UK Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 3304919/2020 | 10 February 2020 | In person For the | Mr Harry Portch, Director of the respondent | England & Wales | £196 |
| 3327602/2019 | 10 February 2020 | In person For the | Mr Raj | England & Wales | — |
| 1307369/2019 | 10 February 2020 | Mrs S Watson | SMC 2016 Limited | England & Wales | £8,075 |
| 3314835/2019 | 10 February 2020 | Mr B Singh | Omni Serv Ltd | England & Wales | — |
| 1807590/2019 | 10 February 2020 | Mrs LJ Riley | 1Ark Group | England & Wales | — |
| 1309308/2019 | 10 February 2020 | Mr M Ashraf | Sharma Garages (kumar Sharma) | England & Wales | — |
| 4114453/2019 | 10 February 2020 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4114453/2019 Mr M McCudden | Bourse Scot Limited | Scotland | £22,784 |
| 2300529/2019 | 10 February 2020 | Mrs E Jones | Voyage 1 Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 1300080/2019 | 10 February 2020 | Miss E Hodgetts (counsel via ELIPs scheme) For the | — | England & Wales | — |
| 2410053/2019 | 10 February 2020 | Miss R Horton | Blackpool Central Hotel Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4114968/2019 | 10 February 2020 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4114968/2019 Ms C Nugent | AS (Glasgow) Ltd | Scotland | £230 |
| 4111765/2019 | 10 February 2020 | Ms R Larking | Farplace Trading Limited | England & Wales | — |
| 4111310/2019 | 10 February 2020 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4111310/2019 Mr S Conway | Ian King | Scotland | £893 |
| 2600011/2020 | 10 February 2020 | Mrs BA Morrell | Farmhouse Bakery | England & Wales | £3,274 |
| 1307354/2019 | 10 February 2020 | Mrs M Tattersall | SMC 2016 Limited | England & Wales | £10,925 |
| 3314791/2019 | 10 February 2020 | Mr A Quarry | Bedford Borough Council | England & Wales | — |
| 1402767/2019 | 10 February 2020 | Miss K Eggleton | Marks and Spencer plc | England & Wales | — |
| 2206458/2018 | 10 February 2020 | Mr R Rankin | British Telecommuncations plc | England & Wales | — |
| 4111584/2019 | 10 February 2020 | EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS (SCOTLAND) Case No: 4111584/2019 Ms E Reid | Waverley Guest House | Scotland | — |