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BCLP

UK HR Two Minute Monthly: TUPE transfers to multiple transferees, public interest test in whistleblowing cases and unfair...

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Our April 2021 update includes a case which signals a potentially significant change in approach to TUPE transfers involving multiple transferees. We also consider a recent whistleblowing case in which it was considered that...more

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Blowing the whistle on inadequate protections: How does the new EU Whistleblower Directive improve on existing legislation?

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'Whistleblower' is a widely used term. However, what it means and the protections a whistleblower might receive are by no means universal. Whistleblowers have been a regular presence in the news over recent years, from...more

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EU adopts new whistleblower protections, but will the UK follow suit and how much comfort do they really provide?

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On 7 October 2019, the European Union (the “EU”) adopted a Directive on the “protection of persons who report breaches of Union law”, which provides for the implementation of new comprehensive EU-wide rules on whistleblower...more

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HR Two Minute Monthly: whistleblowing; religion or belief discrimination; employment status

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Our October update considers recent developments in employment law, including cases on the whistleblowing public interest test, whether vegetarianism is a protected belief under discrimination law, and employment status. We...more

Fisher Phillips

Differing Opinions are Vital for the Safety Community.

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Most folks in the safety community know Jordan Barab, the former Obama era Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor at OSHA from 2009 to 2017. You can read Jordan’s take on OSHA, MSHA, safety and anything related to employees and...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Employment Matters – UK - August 2017

ACAS Early Conciliation: Form Filling — Get the Name Right - Giny v SNA Transport Ltd. - Background - In Giny v SNA Transport Ltd., Mr Giny named Mr Ahmed, a director of SNA Transport Ltd. (SNA), as the prospective...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Whistleblower Protection: When Private Turns Public

In Chesterton Global Ltd & Anor v Nurmohamed & Anor (Rev 1) [2017] EWCA Civ 979 the Court of Appeal provided some much needed clarity on the definition of “public interest” in whistleblower claims. Mr Nurmohamed was a...more

Dechert LLP

When whistleblowing is in the public interest… and it’s not just a question of numbers

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This update reports on the Court of Appeal’s judgment in Chesterton Global Limited and anor v Nurmohamed in which it considered the public interest requirement of the UK’s whistleblowing legislation....more

Saul Ewing LLP

The “Public Interest” Prevails: Third Circuit Vacates Order That Sealed Whistleblower’s Profit-Sharing Settlement Agreement

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In a recent decision, the Third Circuit held that a New Jersey federal district court wrongly sealed a profit-sharing settlement agreement between qui tam litigants. The plaintiffs, Fair Laboratory Practices Associates...more

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Whistleblowing - EAT Considers the "Public Interest" Test

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In Chesterton Global Limited and anor v Nurmohamed the Employment Appeal Tribunal (“EAT”) has considered for the first time the public interest test introduced into the UK’s whistleblowing legislation in 2013....more

Porter Hedges LLP

Business Litigation Alert: U.S. Supreme Court Set to Decide High Profile Whistleblower Case

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On November 4, the U.S. Supreme Court heard the case Department of Homeland Security v. MacLean - a whistleblower protection case that is being closely watched. At issue is whether an employee can be terminated for...more

Proskauer - Whistleblowing & Retaliation

Public Interest, Good Faith and Whistleblowing – The Latest From The UK

The UK Government is in the process of making important changes to UK whistleblowing legislation (which will be implemented through the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill). The key changes, which are expected to come into...more

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