Employees and Workers who ‘blow the whistle’ – i.e.make a ‘protected disclosure’ of any wrong-doing in the workplace by their Employer – can complain to an Employment Tribunal if they are:

• dismissed (or selected for redundancy) or
• victimised at work in any way

Any dismissal will automatically be seen as unfair if it is wholly or mainly for making a ‘protected disclosure’.

The ‘wrong-doing’ in the workplace that an employee can disclose in the public interest, must relate to either:

• a criminal offence by their employer,
• a miscarriage of justice by their employer,
• danger to health and safety caused by their employer,
• or danger to the environment caused by their employer.

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If you work in the UK Media Industries and have a question about this or any other topic, please e-mail us at workline@freelanceadvisor.co.uk

Please note that the advice given on this website and by our Advisors is guidance only and cannot be taken as an authoritative interpretation of the law. It can also not be seen as specific advice for individual cases. Please also note that there are differences in legislation in Northern Ireland.