Sector Report

Care Work Tribunal Data Analysis

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

181Cases Analysed (Last 12 Months)

Final Care Work decisions with at least one determined claim.

48%Success Factor

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

52%Dismissal Rate

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

↑ Strongest IndicatorRedundancy Pay (73% Success)
↓ Weakest IndicatorWhistleblowing (7% Success)

Showing 7 cases from the last 2 months.

Employers in recent Care Work decisions

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

21 Sept 2026
Claim struck out

Other

The claim was struck out because the claimant did not comply with a tribunal order to exchange witness statements and did not respond to a warning letter, making a fair trial impossible.

Legal Issues (1)
  • Strike-out under Rule 38 of the Employment Tribunal Procedure Rules 2024 for non-compliance with an order and failure to actively pursue the claim

Reference: 6012623/2025

7 Sept 2026
Mixed outcome£6,000 awarded

Unfair Dismissal, Discrimination, Whistleblowing, Harassment and Other

The claimant succeeded on claims of discrimination arising from disability and harassment but failed on whistleblowing, automatic unfair dismissal, direct discrimination, and victimisation.

Legal Issues (7)
  • Time limits
  • qualifying disclosure
  • discrimination arising from disability
  • harassment
  • victimisation
  • direct discrimination
  • injury to feelings

Reference: 1401120/2025

2 Sept 2026
Claimant won£29,692.23 awarded

Unfair Dismissal and Discrimination

The claimant won because the tribunal found she was dismissed by reason of her pregnancy, making the dismissal unfair and an act of maternity and pregnancy discrimination.

Legal Issues (5)
  • Whether the dismissal was because of pregnancy
  • automatic unfair dismissal
  • pregnancy/maternity discrimination
  • assessment of financial loss
  • injury to feelings and interest

Reference: 6012693/2025

24 Aug 2026
Claim struck out

Unfair Dismissal and Discrimination

Both claims were struck out because, even taken at their highest, the evidence—particularly the clear CCTV footage—showed a gross misconduct dismissal with no reasonable prospect of establishing unfair dismissal or race discrimination.

Legal Issues (5)
  • Strike out under rule 37 for no reasonable prospects of success
  • special caution required before striking out discrimination claims
  • assessment of clear CCTV evidence in an unfair dismissal case
  • approach where the claimant is absent
  • reconsideration under rule 70

Reference: 6005865/2025

20 Aug 2026
Claim dismissed

Unpaid Wages

The claimant's complaint of unauthorised deductions from wages failed and was dismissed.

Legal Issues (1)
  • Whether the respondent made unauthorised deductions from the claimant's wages contrary to Part II of the Employment Rights Act 1996

Reference: 1600665/2026

7 Aug 2026
Dismissed on jurisdiction

Unpaid Wages and Breach of Contract

The Tribunal dismissed the claims on jurisdictional grounds because the claim was presented out of time and the Claimant did not provide a reasonable explanation for the additional delay.

Legal Issues (3)
  • The key legal issue was whether the Tribunal had jurisdiction to hear the claims given the late presentation. The Tribunal applied the 'reasonably practicable' test under section 23(2) of the Employment Rights Act 1996
  • considering whether the Claimant had shown why it was not reasonably practicable to present the claim in time
  • whether the claim was presented within a reasonable further period. The Tribunal found that the Claimant failed to justify the additional eight-day delay after the extended time limit

Reference: 6006259/2025

6 Aug 2026
Mixed outcome£25,372.89 awarded

Constructive Dismissal, Discrimination and Other

The claimant won her constructive unfair dismissal claim and one of three discrimination claims, but two discrimination claims were dismissed as out of time and the right-to-return claim was found in the respondent's favour.

Legal Issues (5)
  • Constructive unfair dismissal under Employment Rights Act 1996
  • pregnancy/maternity discrimination under Equality Act 2010 s.18
  • time limits under s.123 EqA 2010
  • right to return under MPLR Regulation 18
  • Vento guidelines for injury to feelings

Reference: 6018737/2024