ACAS has published a useful summary of the employment issues arising out of the increasing use by employees of their personal devices at work.

The annual employment tribunal statistics have been published by the Ministry of Justice and show that between 1 April 2011 and 31 March 2012 there was a 15% decrease in the number of claims issued.

The government has confirmed that it is looking into the possibility of giving women who become mothers under a surrogacy arrangement rights to maternity leave and pay.

Over time, starting for some employers on 1 October, all employers in Great Britain will be obliged to automatically enrol eligible jobholders into a pension scheme and to pay certain minimum pension contributions.

A survey by the think tank Demos has shown that only one in ten fathers would consider taking the longer paternity leave.

We hear that NOW magazine, clothing group Arcadia, have allegedly all settled claims from former interns for the national minimum wage.

The government is also proposing a new non-statutory code of practice which would set out guidelines on consultation, including when it should start, what it should cover, who should be consulted and when it can be considered to be complete.

On 9 August 2011, the UK Border Agency will bring into force the new "Exceptional Talent" category under Tier 1 of the points based immigration system.

The Department for Business, Innovation & Skills has recently unveiled a number of proposals to reform employment law.

The government has published some proposed new amendments to the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform bill.

The Office for Tax Simplification has suggested that the government should consider merging income tax and national insurance contributions into a single tax.

Keir Starmer QC, the director of public prosecutions, has announced a public consultation before new guidelines on abuse arising from the use of social media are issued.

It may be a Friday afternoon but the dangers of slipping into relaxed weekend mode a little prematurely are illustrated by a recent incident involving HR at Aviva.

Cait Reilly, a 22-year-old geology graduate has lodged a case against the Department for Work and Pensions in the High Court challenging a Government scheme which enables employers to take on jobseekers without paying them.

The recent case of Patsystems v Neilly is a reminder of the importance of keeping restrictive covenants under review.

In Governing Body of Tubbenden Primary School v Sylvester a deputy head teacher of a school was friends with a former teacher who was arrested for possessing indecent images on his computer.

Towry EJ Ltd v Bennett and others involved a group of seven financial advisors who left Towry to join a competitor.

In Wrexham Golf Club Co Ltd v Ingham Mr Ingham worked as the sole bar steward at a golf club.

In Warby v Wunda Group plc UKEAT/0434/11, Mrs Warby and her manager had a heated exchange about what had been agreed in previous discussions.

In Heafield v Times Newspaper Ltd [2012] UKEAT/1305/12/BA, Mr Heafield, a practising Roman Catholic, worked as a sub-contractor for the Times newspaper at the time when the Pope was visiting London in 2010.