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Public interest disclosure: Breach of employment contract can be a protected disclosure

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    Parkins v Sodexho Ltd [2002] IRLR 109 EAT (1 other report)

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      Date:
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In Parkins v Sodexho Ltd [2002] IRLR 109, the EAT holds that a protected disclosure for the purposes of s.43B Employment Rights Act 1996 can relate to a breach of the employee's own contract of employment.