Conduct of employee leading to disclosure not protected by whistleblowing laws

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• Pinsent Masons Employment Group

The Court of Appeal has upheld the principle that the protection from detriment which employees enjoy under the whistleblowing legislation only covers the disclosure itself and not the conduct of the employee leading to that disclosure.

Back in March this year, we reported the Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) decision of Bolton School v. Evans. Mr Evans, a teacher, had hacked in to the school's computer system in order to demonstrate deficiencies in the security of the school's IT system.... (426 more words)

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