Most workers will never experience corporate wrongdoing on the scale of Enron, but the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 (PIDA) provides protection for workers who may face similar (if smaller-scale) dilemmas.
Dismissal of an employee who has made a ‘qualifying disclosure’ is automatically unfair if the disclosure is the reason for dismissal. No minimum period of service is needed to pursue a claim and compensation can be unlimited. A worker who is subjected to a detriment as a result of making a disclosure is entitled to compensation, including injury to feelings compensation.
