Whistleblowing victimisation: EAT rules on correct causation test

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  Fecitt and others v NHS Manchester [2011] IRLR 111 EAT (2 other reports)

  • Whistleblowing: EAT equates whistleblowing detriment claims with discrimination claims for purpose of employer's burden of proof

    Date:

    25 October 2011

    In Fecitt and others v NHS Manchester [2011] IRLR 111 EAT, the EAT held that, where a worker has suffered a detriment following a protected disclosure, the employer must prove that its act or deliberate failure to act was “in no sense whatever” on the grounds that the employee had done the protected act.

  • Case of the week: Whistleblowing

    Date:

    19 January 2011

    This week's case of the week, provided by DLA Piper, covers whistleblowing.