It's not what you know – dismissal for whistleblowing despite dismissing manager's belief

In Royal Mail Group Ltd v Jhuti the Supreme Court has reinstated a decision that an employee was dismissed because she had blown the whistle, even though the manager who took the decision to dismiss genuinely believed that she was dismissing for performance reasons.

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Under pressure – dismissal tainted by manager's motivation

In a case that is factually similar to Jhuti, Cadent Gas Ltd v Singh, the EAT decided that a manager's involvement in a disciplinary investigation meant that an employee's dismissal was for trade union activities, even though the decision takers in the case were not motivated by prejudice.

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All clear – sickness carry forward applies to basic holiday entitlement

The CJEU confirmed that where a worker has not been able to take their holiday entitlement because of sickness, they only have to be allowed to carry the basic four week entitlement forward to the next holiday year.

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