New Delhi, Sept. 28 -- Shannon Burns, a senior technology executive who was fired after sleeping in a sauna during a work trip, has recently won the right to pursue £76 million (roughly Rs.964 crore) in compensation, which could be the largest payout ever awarded by a British employment tribunal.

According to The Independent, Burns, who suffered disability discrimination, could be in line for the largest-ever payout against Gitpod, a company now owned by artificial intelligence (AI) firm OpenAI.

Burns, who was dismissed from her £220,000-a-year role in 2023, served as the vice-president of engineering. The dismissal came after she slept in a sauna during a team-building work trip to Austria.

According to the report, Burns, wh...