Employment Law: Key Dates – Summer 2013

25 June 2013

• Under the Enterprise and Regulatory Act 2013, new provisions relating to whistleblowing will come into force on 25 June 2013. A disclosure will now only be protected if it is "made in the public interest". This removes the requirement of making a disclosure in good faith. If a Tribunal considers that a disclosure was made in bad faith (i.e. motivated primarily by money or spite) then they can reduce any compensation by up to 25%. Also included in the Act, but not coming into force as yet, is section 19 which provides that an employer will be vicariously liable for any detriment caused by another worker. A co-worker may also be joined to a whistleblowing claim as a named Respondent, just as they are currently in discrimination claims.