NatWest | Employee sacked for advertising sex work online was unfairly dismissed

A NatWest worker who was sacked after bosses discovered he was advertising sex work online was unfairly dismissed, a tribunal has ruled.

Karim Ahmed was working as a data analyst for the bank while simultaneously running a website on which he sold explicit pictures of himself and offered “sensual massages”.

When confronted by his boss, Ahmed threatened to “take him apart”. He was sacked after superiors decided his online activities could harm the bank’s image.

Ahmed, who was based at NatWest’s Brighton offices, launched tribunal proceedings with claims of unfair dismissal, and he has now emerged victorious after a judge ruled NatWest’s disciplinary process was flawed.