Overview

• Employment Judge Michael Magee found Accountancy MK unfairly dismissed Anna Lanuszka after monitoring her work laptop with spyware.
• The ruling said about 1 hour 24 minutes of personal use over two days, roughly 45 minutes a day, was not excessive.
• The tribunal concluded diary entries the employer relied on were likely created in or after 2024 and appeared designed to support its case.
• It found the real motive was to dismiss her before the employer believed she had accrued statutory service rights rather than for misconduct.
• Lanuszka acknowledged some browsing on sites such as Rightmove and Amazon, including during lunch, and was awarded £14,120 in compensation.