Part V Protection from suffering detriment in employment

Rights not to suffer detriment

47BF1 Protected disclosures.

1

A worker has the right not to be subjected to any detriment by any act, or any deliberate failure to act, by his employer done on the ground that the worker has made a protected disclosure.

2

F2. . . This section does not apply where—

a

the worker is an employee, and

b

the detriment in question amounts to dismissal (within the meaning of F3Part X).

3

For the purposes of this section, and of sections 48 and 49 so far as relating to this section, “worker”, “worker’s contract”, “employment” and “employer” have the extended meaning given by section 43K.