A security guard and single father has been awarded more than 8,000 for unfair dismissal after his employer terminated his contract during a 10-month stint of unpaid leave, a tribunal has ruled.
Bakary Jawneh – who had worked for security services firm G4S Secure Solutions (UK) for more than nine years – opted to take unpaid leave so he could “resolve the situation” with his son, after he brought him on-site when his childcare fell through.
While G4S agreed to unpaid leave, the company later falsely recorded Jawneh as having resigned because of “family issues” and did not notify him that his employment had ended.
Employment judge Dawson said Jawneh “remained unaware that he was being treated as if he had resigned” after his manager, David Benfield, assumed Jawneh had “effectively, abandoned his job” after a period of 10 months on unpaid leave.
Jawneh discovered he had been made a “leaver” when he contacted G4S about returning to work in February 2025. The tribunal noted this was done “without any malice”.
His claim for unfair dismissal was upheld but further claims of race and sex discrimination were dismissed.
Jawneh was awarded 5,834 as a basic award, 2,161 for lost earnings and 325 for loss of statutory rights – a total of 8,320.
Jawneh, a single parent with sole childcare responsibility for his son,...
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