Whistleblowing

It is against the law for an employee to suffer a detriment at work because the employee blew the whistle regarding any wrong-doing by the employer.

A whistleblower must consider that the disclosure of the wrong doing is in the pubic interest and is protected by law if the disclosure is with regard to:-

• a criminal offence
• someone’s health and safety is in danger
• risk or actual damage to the environment
• a miscarriage of justice
• the company is breaking the law, for example does not have the right insurance
• the employee believes someone is covering up wrongdoing

Whistleblowing Solicitors

An employee can take a case to the Tribunal if he/she is being victimised or suffering from unfair treatment because of blowing the whistle and if the employee is dismissed for reporting unlawful acts at work, he/she can make a claim for unfair dismissal even if the employee has been in the job for less than two years.