NLJ this week: Suggestions to improve the law on whistleblowing

11 October 2024

Issue: 8089 / Categories: Legal News , Employment , Disclosure , Regulatory

Better protection is needed for whistleblowers, writes Will Burrows, partner, Bloomsbury Square Employment Law, in this week’s NLJ

For example, could there be ‘a presumption that costs would be awarded against employers who dismiss whistleblowers or subject them to detriments’?

Burrows highlights the obstacles faced by those who speak out, who subsequently may lose their income while waiting years for a tribunal result.

Worryingly, he reveals: ‘I am aware of one major regulator that has admitted they will only act against an employer if a judge finds that the protected disclosure made was valid and that the whistleblower had been unlawfully treated.’

Issue: 8089 / Categories: Legal News , Employment , Disclosure , Regulatory

Whistleblowing: need for change

NLJ this week: Suggestions to improve the law on whistleblowing

Better protection is needed for whistleblowers, writes Will Burrows, partner, Bloomsbury Square Employment Law, in this week’s NLJ

For example, could there be ‘a presumption that costs would be awarded against employers who dismiss whistleblowers or subject them to detriments’?

Burrows highlights the obstacles faced by those who speak out, who subsequently may lose their income while waiting years for a tribunal result.

Issue: 8089 / Categories: , Legal News , Employment , Disclosure , Regulatory

Whistleblowing: need for change

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