Lawson West’s expert employment solicitors and lawyers have significant experience with supporting clients who disclose the wrongdoing/s within their employment to their employer or a relevant organisation known as whistleblowing. In order for a disclosure to qualify for protection, you must have a genuine reasonable belief that a wrongdoing has taken place, is likely to occur, and that it is not in the public interest. It is not necessary for the wrongdoing to have actually occurred at the time of the disclosure. In order for a disclosure to qualify it must related to one of the following:
If you wish to commence a whistleblowing there are certain elements you must consider in order to obtain legal protection. You may want to consider if the employer has a whistleblowing policy and if so ensure that this is followed. You need to ensure that the disclosure is made to the relevant persons within the company and/or to the relevant prescribed person which may be a regulatory authority. If you blow the whistle, you have protection from being unfairly dismissed if the dismissal was as a result of whistleblowing. In order to make a claim, there is no qualifying period of employment required.
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Whistleblowing is the act of reporting any misconduct or illegal activities by an employer, and it plays a vital role in maintaining transparency and accountability in the workplace. Employment Law Paralegal, Joao Madeira, explains…
EU-wide rules were recently approved by the European Parliament which, when ratified, will lay down new, EU-wide standards to protect whistleblowers. Recent scandals, such as Cambridge Analytica and the Panama Papers, have highlighted the importance of whistleblowers in helping to fight corruption and exposing unlawful activities that are damaging to public interests and our general welfare.
