Jersey’s Draft Whistleblowing Law: Our Thoughts

In March 2026, the Minister for Social Security published a draft whistleblowing law setting out the provisional framework for protection for protected disclosures under Jersey law. This is very much a working draft, with a view to receiving comments on the draft to assist the new council of ministers in determining whether to implement whistleblowing protection in the future and if so on what basis.

The Employment Forum in Jersey recommended implementing a protected disclosure regime in June 2025. A key element of that recommendation was to adopt as much as possible of the existing UK protected disclosures legislation. However, in our view, the draft law departs materially from both the UK approach and the Employment Forum’s recommendations in a number of areas, creating the potential for complication and scope for confusion.