'Not logged on' | WFH employee caught lying about working hours was fairly sacked

An employee who was found to have falsified her timesheets by at least 53 hours was fairly dismissed for gross misconduct, an employment tribunal has ruled.

Ms S Wiltshire, a Senior Finance Co-ordinator at Bath Spa University Students’ Union, was dismissed in February 2024 after a disciplinary investigation uncovered significant discrepancies between her self-recorded working hours and IT system logs. Wiltshire claimed unfair dismissal, but the tribunal found her claim was “unfounded and is dismissed”.