Whistleblowing protections do not extend to external job applicants, court rules

Whistleblowing protections do not extend to external job applicants, court rules

External whistleblowing protections do not extend to external job applicants, after a ruling by the Court of Appeal. The post Whistleblowing protections do not extend to external job applicants, court rules appeared first on Personnel Today.

Job applicants still not protected as whistleblowers - Protect - Speak up stop harm

The Court of Appeal has determined that job applicants do not have the protection of whistleblowing law.    The whistleblowing charity Protect intervened as a third party in the case of Sullivan v Isle of Wight Council to argue that whistleblowing protection should be available to all external job applicants. The current scope of whistleblowing law only covers job applicants to the NHS who are legally protected by the Employment Rights Act 1996 …

Fergus McCombie, leading Louisa Simpson, successful in the Court of Appeal - no whistleblower protection for job applicants

P Sullivan v Isle of Wight Council (Department of Business and Trade and Protect intervening) [2025] EWCA Civ 379 On 19 and 20 February 2025 Fergus McCombie appeared in the Court of Appeal, leading Louisa Simpson, for the Isle of Wight Council. The matter concerned an appeal from the Employment Appeal Tribunal, in summary as […] The post Fergus McCombie, leading Louisa Simpson, successful in the Court of Appeal – no whistleblowers protection for…