A whistleblower is a person who raises a concern about a wrongdoing in their workplace or within the NHS or social care setting. An employee has always had protection under the law that, if they made a complaint about wrongdoing in the workplace, they were protected from dismissal or a detriment. However, the law was not clear on whether a worker would be protected.
More recently, the Employment Appeals Tribunal has held that an agency worker is eligible to bring a claim in accordance with the whistleblowing provisions which protect workers from being subjected to any detriment on the grounds that they have made a protected disclosure.
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