Employment Contracts · glossary
Whistleblowing that the Employment Rights Act 1996 protects. Section 43J of that Act makes void any term that stops a worker making one. Clause 16.3 says so in the Contract’s own words, so nobody can read the confidentiality clause as a gag. Contract 16.3 · Chapter 6 · see Confidential Information
Explained in Chapter 6, Confidentiality, Intellectual Property and the Privacy Notice, of Employment Contracts.
Also explained in Corporate Governance.
No clause can stop a worker reporting wrongdoing. Section 43J of the Employment Rights Act 1996 makes a term void if it stops a worker making a protected disclosure (whistleblowing that the Act protects).Read Chapter 6, Confidentiality, Intellectual Property and the Privacy Notice →
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