failure to comply with a legal obligation.The types of malpractice the law covers are: You need to reasonably believe that the disclosure is being made in the public interest and that malpractice in the workplace is happening, has happened or will happen.ĭisclosures which can be characterised as being of a personal rather than public interest will not be protected. To be protected, you need to make a qualifying disclosure. Where protection applies Qualifying disclosures Student nurses and student midwives doing work experience as part of an education course or training approved by, or under arrangements with, the Nursing and Midwifery Council also fall within the meaning of worker for these protections. As well as employees it includes agency workers and people who aren't employed but are in training with employers. 'Worker' has a special and wide meaning for these protections. revealing it to the right person and in the right way making it a 'protected disclosure'.revealing information of the right type by making what is known as a 'qualifying disclosure'.It's in the public interest that the law protects whistleblowers so that they can speak out if they find malpractice in an organisation.Īs a whistleblower you're protected from victimisation if you're: It's important you can do so knowing that you are protected from losing your job and/ or being victimised as a result of what you have uncovered and made public. Blowing the whistle is more formally known as 'making a disclosure in the public interest'.
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