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Care Work Tribunal Data Analysis

Employment Tribunal decisions and outcome patterns in the Care Work sector from the last 12 months.

180Cases Analysed (Last 12 Months)

Final Care Work decisions with at least one determined claim.

52%Success Factor

Proportion of cases won or split/upheld in our database.

48%Dismissal Rate

Cases lost or struck out due to procedural/jurisdictional issues.

↑ Strongest IndicatorRedundancy Pay (71% Success)
↓ Weakest IndicatorHarassment (17% Success)

Showing 16 cases from the last 2 months.

Employers in recent Care Work decisions

Browse the latest published decisions for employers represented in this sector sample.

13 Jul 2026
Claim struck out

Unfair Dismissal

The claim was struck out because the claimant had less than two years' service and failed to show any applicable exception to the qualifying period.

Legal Issues (3)
  • Jurisdictional requirement of two years' continuous service for unfair dismissal claim
  • exceptions under section 108(3) ERA 1996 not satisfied
  • strike out for lack of jurisdiction.
9 Jul 2026
Claim struck out

Unfair Dismissal and Unpaid Wages

The claim was struck out because the claimant failed to pursue it and did not comply with Tribunal directions.

Legal Issues (1)
  • Strike out under Rule 38(1)(d) for failure to actively pursue the claim and non-compliance with case management directions.
7 Jul 2026
Mixed outcome

Unpaid Wages and Breach of Contract

The tribunal found that the respondent failed to pay the second claimant for work and suspension periods and failed to give both claimants proper notice pay, while dismissing the first claimant's wages claim.

Legal Issues (5)
  • Unpaid wages
  • wrongful dismissal
  • breach of contract
  • notice pay
  • suspension pay.
6 Jul 2026
Claimant won£5,624.97 awarded

Redundancy Pay, Unpaid Wages and Breach of Contract

The claimant succeeded on all four complaints: breach of contract for notice pay and holiday pay, redundancy payment, and unauthorised deductions from wages.

Legal Issues (3)
  • Breach of contract for notice and holiday pay
  • entitlement to a redundancy payment under section 163 Employment Rights Act 1996
  • and unlawful deductions from wages.
6 Jul 2026
Claimant won£1,143.12 awarded

Unpaid Wages and Breach of Contract

The respondent failed to pay the claimant the sums due for notice pay and holiday pay, so the claims were well founded and succeeded.

Legal Issues (2)
  • Entitlement to notice pay under employment contract and statutory holiday pay on termination
  • calculation of damages with gross pay for notice to account for tax liability.
6 Jul 2026
Dismissed on jurisdiction

Unfair Dismissal

The claimant failed to prove it was not reasonably practicable to present his claim within the statutory time limit, and even if it were, he did not present it within a reasonable period thereafter, so the Tribunal lacked jurisdiction.

Legal Issues (3)
  • Whether it was not reasonably practicable for the claimant to present his unfair dismissal complaint within the primary three-month time limit under section 111(2)(b) of the Employment Rights Act 1996
  • and if so
  • whether he presented it within a reasonable further period.
2 Jul 2026
Claimant won£45,336.23 awarded

Unpaid Wages and Breach of Contract

The Respondent failed to present a valid response, resulting in a default judgment where the Tribunal upheld the Claimant's claims for unpaid wages, bonus, consequential losses, and notice pay.

Legal Issues (4)
  • Unauthorised deductions from wages (s.13 ERA 1996)
  • breach of contract (notice)
  • consequential loss (s.24(2) ERA 1996)
  • default judgment (Rule 22).
26 Jun 2026
Claim dismissed

Discrimination

The claimant was not a disabled person as defined by the Equality Act 2010, so the claim was dismissed.

Legal Issues (3)
  • Definition of disability under section 6 Equality Act 2010
  • whether claimant's stress
  • anxiety and depression amounted to a disability.
19 Jun 2026
Dismissed on jurisdiction

Other

The claimant was found not to be an employee, so the Tribunal lacked jurisdiction and dismissed the claim.

Legal Issues (2)
  • Whether the claimant was an employee of the respondent
  • jurisdiction of the Employment Tribunal to hear the claim.
19 Jun 2026
Claimant won£8,206.10 awarded

Unfair Dismissal

The employer dismissed the claimant without any disciplinary process or appeal, which fell outside the band of reasonable responses.

Legal Issues (3)
  • Unfair dismissal under s.98 Employment Rights Act 1996
  • failure to follow ACAS Code of Practice leading to 10% uplift
  • claim for failure to provide written statement dismissed but £500 awarded for loss of statutory rights.
12 Jun 2026
Claim dismissed

Discrimination, Unpaid Wages, Whistleblowing and Harassment

All complaints were either dismissed as not well founded or withdrawn and dismissed, resulting in a complete loss for the claimant.

Legal Issues (9)
  • Protected disclosures (s.43A ERA 1996)
  • direct disability discrimination (s.13 EqA 2010)
  • failure to make reasonable adjustments (ss.20-21 EqA)
  • harassment related to disability and race (s.26 EqA)
  • direct race discrimination (s.13 EqA)
  • victimisation (s.27 EqA)
  • unauthorised deductions from wages (s.13 ERA 1996). Key points: claimant failed to establish qualifying protected disclosures or that disclosures were made to the employer or a prescribed body
  • no evidence of any detrimental treatment or discriminatory acts
  • multiple claims withdrawn.
12 Jun 2026
Claimant won£18,000 awarded

Discrimination

The claimant succeeded because the respondent failed to make reasonable adjustments, resulting in an award of £18,000 total compensation.

Legal Issues (2)
  • Failure to make reasonable adjustments under the Equality Act 2010
  • award of compensation for injury to feelings
11 Jun 2026
Mixed outcome

Discrimination

The claim for direct disability discrimination by association in relation to dismissal succeeded, but the claim regarding being escorted from the premises was dismissed.

Legal Issues (2)
  • Direct disability discrimination by association under the Equality Act 2010
  • whether the dismissal and the act of escorting the claimant from the premises were because of her association with a disabled person.
11 Jun 2026
Claimant won£10,010.05 awarded

Unfair Dismissal and Breach of Contract

The claimant's complaints of unfair dismissal and wrongful dismissal were well founded because the employer's decision to dismiss for falsifying attendance records was not reasonable in the circumstances, though the claimant's conduct contributed to the dismissal.

Legal Issues (5)
  • Unfair dismissal
  • wrongful dismissal
  • contributory conduct
  • ACAS Code uplift
  • recoupment of benefits.
8 Jun 2026
Claimant won£25,408.19 awarded

Redundancy Pay, Unpaid Wages and Breach of Contract

The claimant succeeded on all complaints because the respondent made unauthorised deductions, breached contract regarding notice and holiday pay, and failed to pay the statutory redundancy entitlement.

Legal Issues (5)
  • Unauthorised deductions from wages under the Employment Rights Act 1996
  • breach of contract for notice pay
  • entitlement to paid annual leave under the Working Time Regulations 1998
  • statutory redundancy payment under section 163 Employment Rights Act 1996
  • compensation for financial loss due to late payments.
5 Jun 2026
Claim dismissed

Unfair Dismissal

The complaint of unfair dismissal was not well founded and was dismissed.

Legal Issues (1)
  • Unfair dismissal – whether the dismissal was fair or unfair under the Employment Rights Act 1996.

Data sources

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