Sector Report

Care Work Tribunal Data Analysis

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

184Cases 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 IndicatorBreach of Contract (68% Success)
↓ Weakest IndicatorWhistleblowing (7% Success)

Showing 14 cases from the last 2 months.

Employers in recent Care Work decisions

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

28 Jul 2026
Claim dismissed

Unfair Dismissal, Unpaid Wages and Breach of Contract

The claims for unfair dismissal and wrongful dismissal were dismissed, and the claim for unlawful deduction of wages was dismissed upon withdrawal.

Legal Issues (2)
  • Dismissal of unfair dismissal and wrongful dismissal claims
  • withdrawal of unlawful deduction of wages claim

Reference: 6026334/2025

27 Jul 2026
Claim dismissed

Other

The claimant was not an employee or worker because she had a genuine right to substitute, was not subject to sufficient control, and was operating her own business.

Legal Issues (5)
  • Whether the claimant was an employee or worker under s.230 ERA 1996
  • whether there was an obligation of personal service
  • whether the right to substitute was genuine
  • whether the respondents exercised control
  • whether the claimant was in business on her own account

Reference: 2306620/2024

27 Jul 2026
Claimant won£5,179.24 awarded

Unpaid Wages

The claimant succeeded in proving that the respondent made unauthorised deductions from wages and failed to pay holiday pay, and the claim was allowed despite being out of time due to reasonable practicability.

Legal Issues (3)
  • Time limits for presenting a claim (extension granted because not reasonably practicable and presented within a further reasonable period)
  • unauthorised deductions from wages
  • holiday pay as an unlawful deduction

Reference: 3201472/2024

22 Jul 2026
Claimant won£24,046.52 awarded

Discrimination

The claimant succeeded on her disability discrimination claims, with the Tribunal awarding compensation for financial loss and injury to feelings.

Legal Issues (3)
  • Disability discrimination under Equality Act 2010: direct discrimination (section 13)
  • discrimination arising from disability (section 15)
  • failure to make reasonable adjustments (sections 20-21)

Reference: 6024757/2025

21 Jul 2026
Mixed outcome

Unfair Dismissal, Unpaid Wages and Breach of Contract

Unfair dismissal claim succeeded but wages and breach of contract claims dismissed; award reduced by 80% for contributory fault and Polkey, then uplifted 15% for ACAS Code breach.

Legal Issues (7)
  • Reason for dismissal
  • fairness under s.98(4)
  • Burchell test
  • contributory fault
  • Polkey reduction
  • ACAS Code uplift
  • mitigation of loss

Reference: 8002788/2025

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

Reference: 6009176/2026

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

Reference: 6016434/2025

8 Jul 2026
Claim dismissed

Redundancy Pay and Unpaid Wages

The claimant was not an employee of the first respondent, but an agency worker, and therefore not entitled to unpaid wages, holiday pay or a redundancy payment from the National Insurance Fund.

Legal Issues (5)
  • Employee vs agency worker status
  • interpretation of contractual terms
  • entitlement to redundancy and unpaid wages under the Employment Rights Act 1996
  • section 182
  • significance of payslip and opt-out agreement terminology

Reference: 6040796/2026

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

Reference: 1806924/2024

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

Reference: 6014097/2025

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
  • unlawful deductions from wages

Reference: 6035260/2025

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
  • if so
  • whether he presented it within a reasonable further period

Reference: 6033591/2025

3 Jul 2026
Claimant won£2,608.20 awarded

Unpaid Wages

The respondent made unlawful deductions from the claimant's wages by reducing her hours without the required written contractual notice.

Legal Issues (3)
  • Unlawful deductions from wages
  • requirement for written notice of variation to contractual terms
  • calculation of arrears

Reference: 6042800/2025

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)

Reference: 2300689/2026

Data sources

Decisions are sourced from official GOV.UK Employment Tribunal publications.

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