Corporate Governance · glossary
A worker's report, made in the public interest, that she reasonably believes shows wrongdoing such as a danger to health or safety. The law protects her from detriment and dismissal for making it (Employment Rights Act 1996, Part IVA). A report through the Speak-Up Line can be one. Charter §9.4 · Chapter 8
Explained in Chapter 8, The Recall, of Corporate Governance.
The main page for this term is Protected disclosure, in Employment Contracts.
The charter's promise rests on the law. A protected disclosure is a report that a worker reasonably believes shows, among other things, a danger to health or safety, made in the public interest. The law protects her from detriment and from dismissal for making it (Employment Rights Act 1996, Part IVA, as it stands in 2026). The independent review found that the technician's report was protected, and the board thanked her in its minute.Read Chapter 8, The Recall →
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