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Postal workers who had their request for time off to celebrate a religious holiday turned down are considering taking legal action against the Royal Mail.

Former Chief Executive of the Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust John Watkinson claimed that he had been unfairly dismissed by the Trust.

The commander of a British nuclear submarine who ran his vessel aground on a large rock and was later court martialed as a result provides a good reminder that, in some circumstances, a single catastrophic mistake can be enough to justify dismissal.

The results of a recent study carried out by Bupa has shown that almost half (49%) of staff who are off sick will still continue to do some work, with 32% reading work emails while ill and 28% responding to them.

This year’s Annual Reward Management Survey from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development has revealed that a worrying number of UK organisations are not fully aware of how much they spend on their staff (including base pay, variable pay, benefits and employer national insurance contributions).

In an interesting new development, details of the first ever employment law case involving genetic discrimination have been made public in the US.

One of the differences between the new Equality Act and prior legislation in the same area is the difference in terminology used when referring to cases of discrimination and how discriminatory behaviour is defined.

Mr Khan, a Muslim, lost his claims for equal pay and unfair dismissal in Reading in September 2008. He subsequently appealed to the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT), claiming that he had not had a fair trial.

An online survey conducted by The Age and Employment Network (TAEN) has found that just 10% of workers aged fifty and above claimed never to have faced discrimination due to their age when seeking employment, and that only 13% felt that age discrimination legislation introduced in 2006 had proved effective in helping older people to find work.

The Government has released a draft of the Agency Workers Regulations 2010, which are intended to implement the EC Agency Workers Directive in the UK, along with draft consequential amendments to the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Business Regulations 2003, SI 2003/3319.

The Court of Appeal determined the issue of compensation under the Commercial Agents Regulations in the case of Lonsdale v Howard & Hallam.

Chancellor George Osborne has indicated that he is "prepared to consider changes to the law around strikes" as a measure of "last resort" in order to help force through his proposed package of economic austerity measures.

Steve Webb, Pensions Minister, has stated that the coalition government will scrutinise auto-enrolment and the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) before making a decision on the future of these proposed schemes.

The employment relations service Acas has released figures that show a marked increase in the number of businesses and employees seeking to avoid employment tribunals in recent months.

According to the latest findings published by the Inland Revenue Service, the headline measure of pay awards for employees across the UK economy in the three months leading up to the end of July 2010 remains at 1%. The median pay award has been at this low but stable level in every quarter from January 2010.

A recent Employment Appeal Tribunal case highlights the importance of adhering to the correct legal procedures when dismissing staff.

According to new research recently published by pay specialists XpertHR, private sector employers are expecting 2% pay rises in 2011.