Law Society Gazette – 19/11/2009
This article in the Law Society Gazette refers to the BIS July 2009 consultation on Employment Tribunal claims and the Public Interest Disclosure Act”.
The article reports the views of the Employment Lawyers Association. The main point is a fear that empowering the employment tribunal service to forward details of claims involving PIDA allegations to the “relevant regulator” if the claimant consents, as proposed, would give whistleblowing claimants ‘improper bargaining power’.
The ELA points out that this could be used by claimants as ‘leverage to get a higher financial settlement than they would otherwise expect’, in return for not pursuing a serious allegation. It could also mean that serious claims of corruption would never reach the regulator.
