You win some, then you lose some
Gareth Corfield Mon 26 Apr 2021 // 10:45 UTC Share
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A Veritas salesman had £275,000 in windfall commission withheld after helping land the largest ever deal in Veritas s history – and a judge found a clause in his employment contract which made it lawful to do that.
Danny Johnston failed to prove that Veritas Technologies (UK) had unlawfully deducted the whopping sum from his February 2020 paycheque – meaning he was left with a mere £232,000 with which to console himself.
Despite showing Employment Judge Jim Young a copy of an email from Veritas s UK managing director praising him for being part of its HSBC team that last year signed the largest ever deal in Veritas s history, Johnston failed to prove that he was legally entitled to the £275k commission, over and above the £232k the company did pay him.