31/10/2025
£61,000 has been awarded to a former sales manager, ruling that he was unfairly dismissed because of time spent in Egypt...
📌 Tanveer Shah was initially dismissed in August 2022, according to employment tribunal documentation published on 19 September 2025.
📌 Chief executive Ardian Mula accused Shah at the dismissal meeting of stealing money from the company and “illegitimately taking a salary”.
📌 The company questioned whether Shah had been carrying out his field-based duties after it emerged he had spent several weeks in Egypt in early 2022. Shah said he had travelled there on holiday and contracted Covid-19, which prevented him from flying back to the UK.
📌 Shah appealed the dismissal, which was overturned on procedural grounds, but he was immediately rehired and suspended pending a new investigation. The tribunal found that this second process, which led to another dismissal in September 2022, was heavily influenced by senior management and lacked independence.
What's the lesson? Don't jump to conclusions... always follow dismissal procedures and remain impartial.
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