Costly conflict | How a breakdown between a worker and her boss ended with a £250k payout

A worker has been awarded a quarter of a million pounds after a row with her boss over a PTO request caused their relationship to crumble.

HMRC worker Elaine Worsley fell out with boss Linda Marrison after she rejected her request to take four days off over the Christmas and New Year period so she could go on holiday, an employment tribunal in Manchester was told.