Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998

Reporting a colleague’s bullying of other staff can be whistleblowing, and it can protect you from being pushed out for raising it.

If you raise a genuine concern at work and are then dismissed, you do not need two years of service to challenge that dismissal as automatically unfair.

Whistleblowing protection doesn’t have to be your only claim if you’re dismissed for speaking up

Your employer dismissing your concerns publicly can itself be a detriment.

A complaint about your own working conditions should not be thrown out early as incapable of being in the public interest.

A complaint about your own treatment at work can still count as whistleblowing in the public interest.

Several messages read together can add up to a protected disclosure, even if no single one does.

A complaint can count as whistleblowing even if it is an allegation, as long as it is specific enough.

To be protected, a whistleblowing disclosure has to convey facts, not just state a position.

In a whistleblowing claim, what matters is when your employer punished you.

Raising a concern about your employer does not automatically make it whistleblowing. There has to be a public interest element.

The complete guide to whistleblowing at work

You have seen something wrong at work and you are wondering whether to say something. This guide explains what whistleblowing is, who the law protects, and what happens if you speak up.