Manager wins payout over office furniture move and dismissal

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 5 Nov, 18:38 · Archive

A transport manager has won almost £5,000 after being dismissed without proper notice following a dispute over rearranged office furniture.

Susanne Campbell, a transport coordinator at Booker Direct Limited, took two weeks off work in distress after discovering her office furniture had been moved on 5 February 2025. She demanded an investigation into the rearrangement. Ms Campbell had worked at the company's Larbert depot in Falkirk since May 2015, initially in an office alone, but in 2023 was asked to share the space with an administrator and a driver trainer.

The subsequent investigation found that Ms Campbell had bullied colleagues during the dispute. She called the office worker she accused of moving the furniture a 'f***ing part-timer', a 'cow', 'Little Miss Perfect' and a 'jobsworth'. She was dismissed for gross misconduct.

Ms Campbell took her employer to the Glasgow Employment Tribunal. Her claim of unfair dismissal failed, but her wrongful dismissal claim succeeded because she was not given ten weeks' notice when she was sacked. The tribunal awarded her £4,950.

How it is being reported

• Transport boss who called colleague a 'cow' for rearranging office furniture awarded £5kSusanne Campbell took two weeks off after the furniture was rearranged in her officeThe Independent · 5 Nov, 18:10
• Manager who was 'distraught' and took two weeks off because her office furniture had been moved wins £5,000 payoutSusanne Campbell stormed out of the office when furniture was rearranged and demanded that an investigation take place into the move.Daily Mail · 5 Nov, 12:17

In this story: Susanne Campbell · Booker Direct Limited · Larbert · Falkirk · Glasgow Employment Tribunal

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