This should be of interest, dear public Whistleblowing (a whistle-stop history of) The Employment Rights Act 1996 (ERA) protects workers from being subjected to a detriment or dismissed because they have made a “qualifying protected disclosure” (blown the whistle) about:…Read more ›

Focus On: Whistleblowing Stories of ill-treatment of whistle-blowers who speak out about wrong-doing by organisations are common in the press, and rightly so where individuals are ostracised for reporting genuine concerns. However, the term “whistle-blower” and the protection afforded under…Read more ›

Now that the long summer school holidays have finally arrived I am reminded of my time as a working mother facing the logistical nightmare of what to do with my two young children in the long summer vacation. I suspect…Read more ›