Whistleblowing/Public interest disclosures

New and updated

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Whistleblowing: Employment tribunal round-up

  We look at three recent employment tribunal decisions where the employee succeeded in their whistleblowing claim.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Coronavirus case law round up: Discrimination and whistleblowing

  We look at three cases dealing with issues around discrimination and whistleblowing, arising from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Letter inviting whistleblower to investigatory meeting to discuss whistleblowing concern

  A model letter to invite a whistleblower to an investigatory meeting to discuss their whistleblowing concern.

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Letter inviting witness to investigatory meeting regarding another worker's whistleblowing concern

  A model letter to invite a witness to an investigatory meeting regarding a whistleblowing concern raised by another worker.

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Letter informing whistleblower of delayed whistleblowing investigation

  A model letter to inform a whistleblower of a delay in the whistleblowing investigation.

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Letter informing whistleblower of outcome of whistleblowing investigation

  A model letter to provide feedback to a whistleblower after the investigation has been completed.

• Date:

  4 August 2020

  Type:

  Podcasts and webinars

  Podcast: Whistleblowing during the COVID-19 pandemic

  David Whincup, partner and head of employment at the London office of law firm Squire Patton Boggs, discusses the key elements of a whistleblowing complaint, and shares his tips on how to deal effectively with protected disclosures in the context of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Whistleblowing: Aggravated damages awarded for "malicious" and "vindictive" treatment

  In Sinelnikova v ActivTrades plc, an employment tribunal upheld a compliance officer's claims of unfair dismissal, whistleblowing and victimisation after finding that she had been subjected to "concerted and malicious" action by her employer.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Whistleblowing dismissal claims: Supreme Court rules on knowledge of decision-maker

  In Royal Mail Group Ltd v Jhuti, the Supreme Court held that, where a dismissal for making protected disclosures is hidden behind an invented reason that is adopted by the decision-maker, the reason for the dismissal is the hidden reason rather than the invented one.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Whistleblowing: Court of Appeal reiterates two-stage "public interest" test

  In Ibrahim v HCA International Ltd, the Court of Appeal reiterated the two-step test for an employment tribunal to follow when deciding if the claimant had a reasonable belief that the disclosures they were making were "in the public interest".