Employees who ask to work from home because they are having work done on their garden should not be disciplined, a tribunal has ruled.
IT director Ben Wicken had been scheduled to meet company founder Christophe Boudet in person to try to resolve a work disagreement, the employment tribunal heard.
But the pair fell out when he asked to hold it instead via Teams - as his gardeners were due to come over and he needed to work from home for the rest of the week as a result.
Mr Boudet told the tribunal he was 'very disappointed' by this as it made it seem as if Mr Wicken was not taking the process seriously.
Shortly afterwards, his co-directors announced that they had 'lost trust and confidence' in the technical director, leading to his eventual resignation.
