Hi Viv, I figured it out eventually, I added another parameter to the HttpGet method

 [HttpGet]
        public ActionResult Edit(int id,string ReturnToView)
        {
            EmployeeEditOrCreate employee = MvcApplication.Client.GetEmployeeForEditing(id);
            EmployeeController.ReturnToView = ReturnToView;
            return View(employee);
        }
and in my ActionLink in the view I added this to the anonymous type
ReturnToView = System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Request.Url.ToString()

and in the HttpPost method

 return Redirect(ReturnToView);

ReturnToView is a static string Property of my Controller class

works like a charm, thanks to everybody who helped.