Tech exec who slept in sauna can pursue £76M from Gitpod, tribunal rules

A senior technology executive who was dismissed after sleeping in a sauna during a work trip has been given the right to pursue a £76 million compensation claim against software company Gitpod, in a case that could result in one of the largest awards in British employment tribunal history.Shannon Burns can formally seek £76,071,992 after the Birmingham Employment Tribunal rejected Gitpod’s application to restrict her potential compensation claim to £1 million. The development was reported by The Independent, which said the proposed payout could surpass the current known record of £4.58 million.Burns was dismissed after Austria work tripBurns was hired by Gitpod in late 2022 as its vice-president of engineering, with an annual salary of £220,000 and a £78,000 bonus.