£30k tribunal | Employee forced out for working from home to supervise gardener

A senior IT employee has successfully claimed constructive unfair dismissal after his employer took issue with him working from home to oversee gardening work, an employment tribunal has ruled.

Ben Wicken, former Technical Director at Akita Systems Limited, was awarded over £30,000 after the tribunal found that his employer’s handling of a breakdown in workplace relationships, including its reaction to him working remotely, amounted to a breach of trust and confidence.