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An Employer’s Guide to Whistleblowing & Protected Disclosures

16 October 2025 The Public Interest Disclosure (NI) Order 1998 protects workers from being dismissed or suffering detriment as a result of raising a protected disclosure. The reporting of such disclosures is more commonly known as Whistleblowing.... READ

Employment Tribunal Orders £18,000 Costs After Claimant Amends Medical Report Using AI

13 October 2025 In a recent London employment tribunal decision, an NHS staff member has been ordered to pay £18,000 in legal costs to University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust after it was found he had significantly... READ

Compromise and Settlement Agreements

05 September 2025 A compromise agreement, also known as a settlement agreement, is a legally binding document between an employer and employee utilised to effectively terminate an employee’s employment by mutual agreement. It allows employers and employees... READ

Industrial Action: Notifying Employers of an Intention to Ballot

02 May 2024 The picket lines in Northern Ireland have been particularly busy in recent months, with thousands of public sector workers staging walkouts in a bid to bring about pay parity with the rest of the... READ

Disability discrimination – can an employee bring a disability discrimination claim without an official medical diagnosis?

08 April 2024 The NI Court of Appeal case of Kelly v the Department for Communities and Department of Finance sheds light on the intricate interplay between mental health conditions, workplace accommodations and employers’ legal obligations, providing... READ

New Year, New Holiday Pay Regulations

15 January 2024 As we embark on another new year, what better time than January for an employer to review their Annual Leave Policy? As of 01 January 2024, we have officially entered the post-Brexit era for... READ

Former senior female police officer awarded £31,000 compensation in a whistleblowing and sex discrimination case against the PSNI

22 November 2023 Emma Bond -v- Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland 21722/21IT Emma Bond, former PSNI Chief Superintendent, and first female Commander of Derry City & Strabane District, brought claims of sex discrimination... READ

Contracts of Employment – time to review

07 September 2022 An employment contract is a legal relationship between an employer and employee and that contract of employment exists even if it is not committed to in writing. Whilst it is in the interests of... READ

Employer’s decision to dismiss tainted by racial discrimination deemed to be unfair and discriminatory

14 July 2022 An Industrial Tribunal sitting in Northern Ireland has awarded a Claimant compensation totalling £36,023.03 in a judgment determining that an employer’s disciplinary procedure and decision to dismiss was tainted by racial discrimination and, therefore,... READ

Ex-Labour MP ordered to pay £434k in damages to ‘Ms A’ due to sexual assault, harassment and victimisation

26 May 2022 A recent remedy judgment handed down by a panel sitting at the Central London Employment Tribunal last week awarded ‘Ms A’, a former parliamentary worker, compensation of £434,435.39. The remedy judgment follows a previous... READ