whistleblowing – Do I Have A Case? – No win no fee Solicitors https://www.doihaveacase.co.uk Dispute Resolution Solicitors Mon, 18 Nov 2013 13:06:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.doihaveacase.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/cropped-dihac-favicon-white-32x32.jpg whistleblowing – Do I Have A Case? – No win no fee Solicitors https://www.doihaveacase.co.uk 32 32 Extension to Whistleblowing Protection https://www.doihaveacase.co.uk/extension-to-whistleblowing-protection/ Mon, 18 Nov 2013 13:04:31 +0000 https://www.doihaveacase.co.uk/?p=3834 Whistleblowing, or, more correctly making protected disclosures, is considered vital to public safety.  High-profile failures in safety such as the Piper Alpha disaster in 1998 and more recently the problems at Stafford Hospital have highlighted the need for a method of protecting workers who feel it necessary to come forward and express their concerns about ... Read more

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]]> Healthcare assistants at risk through lack of training https://www.doihaveacase.co.uk/healthcare-assistants-training/ Wed, 10 Jul 2013 20:40:58 +0000 https://www.doihaveacase.co.uk/?p=2736 A recent independent report has highlighted a worrying aspect with regard to Healthcare Assistants within Britain.[1] This is that there is no minimum standard of training before they are allowed to work unsupervised. The obvious risk being that without the proper training how are the healthcare assistants supposed to provide the required care towards their patients ... Read more

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]]> Whistle blowing in the workplace: Impact of the new rules https://www.doihaveacase.co.uk/whistle-blowing-in-the-workplace-impact-of-the-new-rules/ Mon, 08 Jul 2013 14:57:26 +0000 https://www.doihaveacase.co.uk/?p=2666 Whistle blowing occurs when a worker reports what he feels is suspected wrongdoing at work. The things which workers can report include anything that is illegal or if work are neglecting various duties such as health and safety, environmental issues, covering up wrongdoing etc. An employee should not be dismissed because of the whistle blowing ... Read more

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]]> Self Employed Whistle Blower Reinstated After Employment Tribunal https://www.doihaveacase.co.uk/self-employed-whistle-blower-reinstated-after-employment-tribunal/ Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:44:07 +0000 https://www.doihaveacase.co.uk/?p=2488 Sutton Council has agreed to pay compensation to, and offered to reinstate, an Independent Reviewing Officer (IRO) who claimed that his self-employed contract with the Council was terminated after he raised concerns about the authority’s work with looked after children. Jon Fayle was an IRO with a self-employed contract for services with the London Borough, ... Read more

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]]> Change in whistleblowing protection coincides with Jimmy Savile and BBC allegations https://www.doihaveacase.co.uk/change-in-whistleblowing-protection-coincides-with-jimmy-saville-and-bbc-allegations/ Fri, 02 Nov 2012 12:30:10 +0000 https://www.doihaveacase.co.uk/?p=2015 In light of the Jimmy Savile scandal, and whether employees and directors of the BBC were aware of his alleged paedophilic activities, the issue of whistleblowing in a corporate environment has come to the fore. The biggest scandal to hit the BBC in 50 years has led to Jimmy Savile falling from one of the ... Read more

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