Whistle-blowing sackings rise dramatically
David Woods, 14 November 2008
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The number of employees claiming to have been sacked or disciplined for whistle-blowing has jumped by 31% over the past year.
In the past year there have been 1356 applications made to employment tribunals under the Public Interest Disclosure Act from employees claiming to have been penalised for whistle-blowing and, according to commercial law firm EMC Picton Howell, this is set to increase due to the economic turmoil.
The damages awarded by tribunals for whistle-blowing claims are uncapped and Taylor worries there is "no limit" on the compensation staff could receive.
He added: "The reputational, as well as the financial, costs of such a claim could be disastrous for companies."
This report comes just weeks after Marks & Spencer employee Tony Goode lost his job when he revealed company information about changing redundancy schemes at the retail firm to The Times newspaper.
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