Fecitt and others v NHS Manchester [2011] IRLR 111 EAT

Whistleblowing: EAT equates whistleblowing detriment claims with discrimination claims for purpose of employer's burden of proof

Date:

25 October 2011

In Fecitt and others v NHS Manchester [2011] IRLR 111 EAT, the EAT held that, where a worker has suffered a detriment following a protected disclosure, the employer must prove that its act or deliberate failure to act was “in no sense whatever” on the grounds that the employee had done the protected act.