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Can foster carers bring Employment whistleblowing and discrimination claims?

10 February 2025

Yes, held the Employment Tribunal in Oni and others v London Borough of Waltham Forest and others ET/3204635/2021 (21 January 2025) (EJ Crosfill). An employment tribunal has held that foster carers can bring whistleblowing and discrimination claims. To deprive them of the right to do so would be in breach of Articles 10 and 8 […]

Whistleblowing in the news

15 January 2025

The BBC and other news agencies have published articles about a man named Hazar Denli.  He alleges to have been sacked by Jaguar Land Rover for raising concerns about the safety of components in the chassis of a car produced for Vietnamese car maker ‘Vinfast’.   Apparently, Mr Denli first raised his concern internally within the […]

Can a charity trustee bring a claim for whistleblowing?

6 December 2024

The answer is maybe. If you want to bring a claim for detriment because you have blown the whistle (section 47B of the Employment Rights Act 1996), you first have to show that you are a worker and have standing to bring a claim. There has been lots of case law on who has worker […]

An update on whistleblowing case law

23 September 2024

Section 47B of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (Section 47B) protects workers who make whistleblowing disclosures against detriments they may suffer because of their disclosures. A detriment can be anything adverse to that worker’s interests.   It is established law that a worker who is dismissed for making a whistleblowing disclosure may claim against their employer for […]