Sector Report

Transport & Logistics Tribunal Data Analysis

Employment Tribunal decisions and outcome patterns in the Transport & Logistics sector from the last 12 months.

391Cases Analysed (Last 12 Months)

Final Transport & Logistics decisions with at least one determined claim.

39%Success Factor

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

61%Dismissal Rate

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

↑ Strongest IndicatorRedundancy Pay (81% Success)
↓ Weakest IndicatorWhistleblowing (2% Success)

Showing 28 cases from the last 2 months.

Employers in recent Transport & Logistics decisions

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

13 Aug 2026
Claim dismissed

Unfair Dismissal, Discrimination and Harassment

The claimant's long-term absence and inability to provide a return date made dismissal fair; discrimination claims failed on merits or were out of time.

Legal Issues (5)
  • Unfair dismissal - capability
  • range of reasonable responses
  • reasonable adjustments - whether home meetings were reasonable
  • discrimination arising from disability - justification
  • harassment - time limit and merits

Reference: 3304745/2024

12 Aug 2026
Dismissed on jurisdiction

Unfair Dismissal, Discrimination, Whistleblowing and Harassment

All claims were presented significantly out of time (9 months) and the claimant failed to demonstrate it was not reasonably practicable or just and equitable to extend time.

Legal Issues (6)
  • Time limits for unfair dismissal (s.111 ERA)
  • whistleblowing (s.48 ERA)
  • discrimination (s.123 EqA)
  • reasonable practicability test
  • just and equitable extension
  • amendment application principles (Selkent, Chandhok, Vaughan)

Reference: 6017310/2025

12 Aug 2026
Claim dismissed

Unfair Dismissal and Constructive Dismissal

The claimant resigned voluntarily and was not dismissed by the respondent; the resignation was a consensual decision to avoid a potential capability dismissal.

Legal Issues (1)
  • Whether an employee's resignation was enforced (constructive dismissal) or voluntary. Application of Martin v Glynwed Distribution Ltd and Sandhu v Jan de Rijk Transport Ltd. Assessment of witness credibility and contemporaneous documentary evidence

Reference: 6007709/2024

11 Aug 2026
Mixed outcome

Unfair Dismissal, Constructive Dismissal, Discrimination, Unpaid Wages, Whistleblowing and Breach of Contract

The claimant won on constructive unfair dismissal, unauthorised deductions, and breach of contract, but lost on race discrimination and whistleblowing claims.

Legal Issues (8)
  • Constructive dismissal
  • implied term of mutual trust and confidence
  • contractual sick pay
  • unauthorised deductions
  • protected disclosures
  • race discrimination
  • Polkey reduction
  • contributory fault

Reference: 3312501/2023

9 Aug 2026
Mixed outcome

Unfair Dismissal, Unpaid Wages and Breach of Contract

The claimant lost the unfair dismissal claim due to insufficient qualifying period, but won a breach of contract claim for notice pay and partially succeeded on the wages claim for failure to provide pay statements.

Legal Issues (4)
  • Qualifying period for unfair dismissal (section 108 ERA)
  • breach of contract for notice (statutory minimum)
  • failure to provide itemised pay statements (section 8 ERA)
  • burden of proof for unnotified deductions

Reference: 6012692/2025

7 Aug 2026
Claim struck out

Unfair Dismissal

Claimant had less than two years' service and therefore lacked jurisdiction to bring an unfair dismissal claim.

Legal Issues (2)
  • Jurisdictional requirement of two years' continuous service for unfair dismissal claims
  • strike out for lack of reasonable prospects or no jurisdiction

Reference: 6048436/2025

7 Aug 2026
Mixed outcome

Unfair Dismissal, Discrimination, Whistleblowing, Breach of Contract and Other

Discrimination arising from disability claim succeeded because respondent failed to justify dismissal as proportionate; other claims dismissed or withdrawn.

Legal Issues (4)
  • Proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim under section 15 Equality Act 2010
  • whether a reasonable adjustments duty arose
  • whether protected disclosures were made
  • causation for flexible working detriment

Reference: 6008017/2024

6 Aug 2026
Claim dismissed

Unfair Dismissal

The employer had a genuine belief in the claimant's misconduct based on reasonable grounds and a reasonable investigation, and the decision to dismiss was within the range of reasonable responses, such that the dismissal was fair.

Legal Issues (5)
  • Conduct dismissal
  • Burchell test (genuine belief, reasonable grounds, reasonable investigation)
  • range of reasonable responses
  • procedural fairness
  • Polkey reduction (dismissal inevitable despite procedural flaws)

Reference: 6034850/2025

4 Aug 2026
Claim dismissed

Discrimination

The claimant's application for reconsideration was refused because there was no reasonable prospect of the original strike-out decision being varied or revoked.

Legal Issues (4)
  • Failure to identify actual comparators and specify the training
  • claim amounted to bare assertion
  • no reasonable prospects of success
  • application for reconsideration did not raise new points

Reference: 2602006/2024

3 Aug 2026
Claim dismissed

Unfair Dismissal, Discrimination and Harassment

All claims were dismissed: unfair dismissal was struck out for lack of service, and the discrimination and harassment claims failed because the Tribunal found the respondent's conduct was not unwanted, not related to disability, and did not have the proscribed purpose or effect.

Legal Issues (7)
  • Disability discrimination
  • harassment related to disability
  • reasonable adjustments
  • burden of proof
  • reliability of witness evidence
  • contemporaneous evidence vs later recollections
  • two-year service requirement for unfair dismissal

Reference: 6020012/2025

3 Aug 2026
Claimant won

Redundancy Pay

The employer failed to consult collectively over redundancies, so a protective award of 90 days' pay was made.

Legal Issues (4)
  • Failure to consult collectively under s.188 TULRCA
  • protective award
  • time limits
  • rule 22 determination

Reference: 6011646/2024

31 Jul 2026
Claimant won£3,675 awarded

Unpaid Wages and Other

The respondent made unauthorised deductions from wages and failed to provide a written statement of employment particulars, resulting in awards of £1,875 and £1,800 respectively.

Legal Issues (4)
  • Unauthorised deduction from wages (ERA 1996 Part II)
  • failure to provide written statement of particulars (ERA 1996 s.1)
  • amendment of claim
  • default judgment following debarred respondent

Reference: 6045692/2025

28 Jul 2026
Mixed outcome

Unfair Dismissal and Discrimination

Claimant succeeded in unfair dismissal and reasonable adjustments claims but failed in direct discrimination claim.

Legal Issues (5)
  • Reasonableness of redundancy procedure
  • duty to make reasonable adjustments for disability
  • direct discrimination comparators
  • Polkey reduction
  • mitigation of loss

Reference: 6014087/2025

27 Jul 2026
Claim dismissed

Discrimination

The tribunal dismissed all disability discrimination claims because the evidence did not establish that the claimant was placed at a substantial disadvantage by any PCP, nor that the treatment complained of was unfavourable because of something arising in consequence of her disability.

Legal Issues (1)
  • Disability discrimination: failure to make reasonable adjustments under s.20-21 EqA 2010 and discrimination arising from disability under s.15 EqA 2010. The tribunal considered whether the respondent applied a PCP causing substantial disadvantage and whether the treatment was 'something arising in consequence of disability' and if it was a proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim

Reference: 6005622/2024

24 Jul 2026
Claim dismissed

Unpaid Wages and Breach of Contract

Claimant's claims dismissed because the respondent lawfully recovered overpayment for days the claimant worked elsewhere without consent.

Legal Issues (4)
  • Unauthorised deduction from wages
  • overpayment recovery under s.14 ERA
  • implied duty of good faith
  • readiness and willingness to work

Reference: 6041642/2025

22 Jul 2026
Claim dismissed

Discrimination and Harassment

The claimant's complaints of sexual harassment and victimisation were dismissed by the Tribunal.

Legal Issues (3)
  • Sexual harassment under the Equality Act 2010
  • victimisation
  • costs and deposit orders

Reference: 6000822/2025

22 Jul 2026
Mixed outcome

Unfair Dismissal, Discrimination, Unpaid Wages, Harassment and Other

Some claims were struck out (age discrimination, age harassment, parts of victimisation) and some amendments refused, while other claims continue to final hearing.

Legal Issues (4)
  • Applications to amend and strike out
  • consideration of whether claims have reasonable prospects of success
  • application of Selkent factors
  • strike out under rule 38(1)(a)

Reference: 3312696/2023

17 Jul 2026
Mixed outcome

Unfair Dismissal, Redundancy Pay, Unpaid Wages and Breach of Contract

The tribunal found that the employer failed to consult under TULRCA, unfairly dismissed some employees for redundancy, made unlawful deductions from wages, and breached contract for notice pay, while other claims were withdrawn or struck out, and some remain undetermined for a separate list of claimants.

Legal Issues (6)
  • Protective award for failure to consult under sections 188-189 TULRCA
  • unfair dismissal for redundancy
  • unlawful deduction from wages
  • breach of contract for notice pay
  • time limits and reasonable practicability
  • strike-out applications

Reference: 3302830/2025

16 Jul 2026
Claim dismissed

Unfair Dismissal, Breach of Contract and Other

The claimant was not an employee of the respondent, so the unfair dismissal claim was dismissed and the Tribunal lacked jurisdiction for the other claims.

Legal Issues (2)
  • Employee status
  • jurisdiction for breach of contract claims under the Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction Order 1994

Reference: 2301731/2025

14 Jul 2026
Mixed outcome

Unfair Dismissal, Discrimination and Harassment

The claimant succeeded on three harassment claims but lost all other claims, including constructive unfair dismissal and most reasonable adjustment and discrimination complaints.

Legal Issues (7)
  • Time limits under section 123 Equality Act 2010
  • just and equitable extension
  • harassment related to disability
  • reasonable adjustments
  • discrimination arising from disability
  • victimisation
  • constructive unfair dismissal

Reference: 3204647/2022

8 Jul 2026
Claim struck out

Unfair Dismissal

The claim was dismissed because the claimant failed to attend the preliminary hearing and did not respond to attempts to contact her, indicating she had decided not to pursue her claim.

Legal Issues (1)
  • Dismissal under rule 47 of the Employment Tribunal Procedure Rules 2024 for failure to attend a hearing

Reference: 3312555/2023

7 Jul 2026
Claim struck out

Constructive Dismissal

The claimant's claim was dismissed after he failed to attend a preliminary hearing, and the Tribunal refused to reconsider that dismissal because it was not in the interests of justice to do so.

Legal Issues (4)
  • Dismissal under rule 47 for failure to attend a hearing
  • reconsideration under rule 68
  • importance of finality in litigation
  • assessment of claimant's explanation for non-attendance and subsequent silence

Reference: 1402239/2024

7 Jul 2026
Mixed outcome

Discrimination, Breach of Contract and Harassment

The claimant succeeded only on one of several reasonable adjustment complaints; all other claims were dismissed.

Legal Issues (3)
  • Disability discrimination - reasonable adjustments
  • Breach of contract
  • Unfavourable treatment because of something arising from disability

Reference: 3305178/2023

3 Jul 2026
Claim dismissed

Unfair Dismissal

The claimant's claim of unfair dismissal was not well-founded and was dismissed.

Legal Issues (2)
  • Unfair dismissal – whether the dismissal was unfair
  • the tribunal found it not well-founded

Reference: 2407242/2023

3 Jul 2026
Claimant won£2,660 awarded

Unpaid Wages

The claim for holiday pay was well-founded and the respondent ordered to pay £2,660.

Legal Issues (3)
  • Time limit extension for holiday pay claim under section 111 Employment Rights Act 1996 (applied by analogy to Working Time Regulations)
  • reasonable practicability test
  • holiday pay as a statutory entitlement

Reference: 3311359/2024

3 Jul 2026
Claim dismissed

Discrimination

The disability discrimination claims were found to be unfounded and dismissed.

Legal Issues (3)
  • Disability discrimination under sections 13 (direct discrimination) and 15 (discrimination arising from disability) of the Equality Act 2010
  • claimant's application for recusal dismissed
  • tribunal found claimant was disabled

Reference: 6002570/2025

2 Jul 2026
Dismissed on jurisdiction

Unfair Dismissal, Unpaid Wages and Whistleblowing

The claims of unfair dismissal, unlawful deduction from wages, and whistleblowing were dismissed for want of jurisdiction as they were presented out of time and the claimant failed to establish valid presentation or grounds for an extension.

Legal Issues (4)
  • Jurisdiction
  • time limits for presenting claims
  • validity of presentation by email and post
  • application of reasonably practicable and just and equitable tests for extension of time

Reference: 3311709/2024

2 Jul 2026
Claim dismissed

Unfair Dismissal, Constructive Dismissal, Discrimination, Redundancy Pay, Unpaid Wages, Whistleblowing, Breach of Contract, Harassment and Other

All claims were dismissed as either not well founded on the facts or brought out of time.

Legal Issues (8)
  • Time limits for discrimination claims
  • disability definition (long-term effect of mental impairment)
  • direct discrimination
  • harassment related to disability and race
  • failure to make reasonable adjustments
  • victimisation
  • unlawful deduction from wages
  • notice pay

Reference: 2600012/2026

Data sources

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