Sharon Anfield, a spa manager at the Carnoustie Golf Hotel and Spa in Angus, Scotland, lost an employment tribunal claim after arguing she had been forced to resign because she worked ten consecutive days without a break. The case is notable because Anfield herself was responsible for the staff rota, including her own shifts, and had chosen to work the extra days to cover last-minute staffing shortages without informing management. An employment judge dismissed her claims, finding the hotel had not breached her contract or working time rules and had no idea she was working the extended stretch.

Anfield, from Montrose, joined the hotel's spa in 2018 and rose to spa manager by mid-2024, earning around £30,000 a year, with a contract for 40 hours over five days that could include weekends. Rostered to work eight days from 14 to 24 December with a weekend off, she instead elected to work all ten days due to staff shortages, then resigned on 29 December, calling it the "last straw". Dundee Employment Tribunal, presided over by Judge Michelle Sutherland, dismissed both her constructive unfair dismissal claim and a separate claim for unlawful deduction of wages, ruling that operational demands beyond the hotel's control, not any act by the employer, led to the extended run of shifts.