Many of you will have seen BBC drama Vigil last year. Whilst this article is not a high-octane, suspense thriller, it is none the less shocking. Recent Navy whistle-blowers in the Submarine Service have reported that sexual harassment, bullying and misogyny are rife listing several disturbing examples. Including: A Death Rape List which ranked women in [...]
This week, we’re looking at whistleblowing in the context of the Tavistock and Portman NHS trust – mostly known for its Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS), which aims to assist those experiencing gender dysphoria. Lately, the GIDS has been fraught with bad publicity. In 2019, one of its board members – a senior psychiatrist – [...]
Hello and welcome to this week’s case of the week, last week we looked at a case involving indirect discrimination. This week's case looks at whistleblowing and the burden of proof. Facts Ms. Fairhall was a senior nurse with almost 40 years’ experience in the NHS. In 2015, she became concerned about a number of [...]
Hello and welcome to PJH Law’s case of the week. This week we’re going to be taking a look at whistleblowing. Particularly, the requirement that the employee had a reasonable belief that their disclosure was “in the public interest”. Law When considering the importance of this requirement, it is helpful to have a bit of [...]
Today we look at whistleblowing, which can be defined as when an employee discloses information about their employer that is in the public interest and shows a breach of rules, law or is adverse to health and safety. If an employee is dismissed because of having made a public interest disclosure, they shall be regarded [...]
Season’s Greetings! It’s the countdown to Christmas and this is actually your final case law update of the year with next week’s newsletter being the final update of 2019. For anyone who has read every update this year, thank you and well done. A guide of alternative hobbies will also be working its way to [...]
Whistleblowing is a term oft-used but seldom understood. Currently s43B of the Employment Rights Act 1996 lists a very prescribed set of circumstances where someone can make a disclosure in the public interest – when the employer is breaching a legal obligation or committing a criminal offence. Following the case of Nurohamed v Chesterton this […]
One of the many advantages of ET judgments being available online is it means more cases are reported on. Whilst ET cases do not set binding precedent on future cases, it does indicate how the judiciary will look at similar claims and shows trends that might not emerge till much later had we waited for […]
The vice-chancellor of Leicester’s De Montford University, Professor Dominic Shellard, has resigned following the launch of an investigation by regulators. The Professor, who had led the university since 2010, quit after the Office for Students said it was looking into a number of “regulatory matters” at De Montfort. The vice chancellor had been receiving a […]
Good morning and welcome to your monthly employment law update, the final update of any kind this year (cue dramatic music)! A huge thank you to everyone who has read every update this year, you deserve a vast quantity of presents, food & alcohol for your dedication! Last month’s update had features on the possible […]
This summer we started running employment law analysis about topical pieces of news. One of our first features was the vilification of the Shahmir Sanni, the Brexit whistleblower. This month we are able to report an update on this case following Mr Sanni taking his former employer, the Tax Payers’ Alliance, to Tribunal. The particulars […]
Good morning and welcome back to your weekly case law update. Last week we had our monthly employment law round up with articles on the Parliament Bullying Report, Family Friendly Policy Reporting and the Morrison’s data leak. Prior to that, our last case law update was about an employer’s vicarious liability for its staff on […]
Health and Safety is something all employers are familiar with. Risk assessments, HS Managers, public and employer liability. It’s an issue every business, regardless of size or industry, has faced. One of the many health and safety procedures businesses will have is having a designated first aider. The first aider is the first port of […]
Hello, in the week England won a historic penalty shoot-out at a World Cup and now face Sweden in the quarterfinals, it is worth reminding every one of our employment law guide to World Cup fever. We are expecting cases to rise the further England progress. If football is coming home, a lot of people […]
