Whistleblowing/Public interest disclosures

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  Employment law cases

  Court of Appeal overturns strike out of doctor's whistleblowing claim against Health Education England

  The Court of Appeal has held that the employment tribunal incorrectly struck out the appellant's claim against Health Education England (HEE). The Court remitted the claim to a fresh tribunal to decide, as a preliminary issue, if the appellant was a worker in relation to HEE under the whistleblowing provisions of the Employment Rights Act 1996.

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  Employment law cases

  Case round-up

  Chris Cook is a partner and Keely Rushmore is a senior associate at SA Law. They round up the latest rulings.

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  Employment law cases

  Whistleblowing: Whistleblower can be both employee or worker of agency and worker of end user

  In McTigue v University Hospital Bristol NHS Foundation Trust [2016] IRLR 742 EAT, the EAT held that, in order for a claimant to be a "worker" within the meaning of the extended "whistleblower" definition in s.43K of the Employment Rights Act 1996, all that is required is that the end user substantially determined the terms under which the claimant carried out his or her work. It is not necessary to show that the end user determined those terms to any greater or lesser degree than the agency, of whom the claimant might also be an employee or worker.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Case round-up

  Chris Cook is partner and head of employment and Keely Rushmore is senior associate at SA Law. They round up the latest rulings.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Morgan v Royal Mencap Society: disclosure could be in the public interest

  In Morgan v Royal Mencap Society, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that an employment tribunal was wrong to strike out a whistleblowing claim on the basis that an employee's complaint about cramped working conditions was not "in the public interest". Naomi Clarkson explains this recent employment case.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Case round-up

  Beth Staniland is a trainee solicitor, and Emma Cousins, Ciara Jenkins, Iain Naylor and Lucy Sorell are associates at Addleshaw Goddard LLP. They round up the latest rulings.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Case round-up

  David Malamatenios is a partner at Colman Coyle Solicitors. He rounds up the latest rulings.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Case round-up

  Krishna Santra and Sandra Martins are senior associates at Colman Coyle Solicitors. They round up the latest rulings.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Whistleblowing: public interest test may be satisfied where disclosure relates to a group of employees

  The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has held that the requirement for a whistleblower to have a reasonable belief that the disclosure was made in the public interest could be satisfied where the disclosure relates to a relatively small number of workers.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Case round-up

  David Malamatenios is a partner, and Krishna Santra, Sandra Martins and Colin Makin are senior associates at Colman Coyle Solicitors. They round up the latest rulings.