Providing Rights for Whistleblowers: Would an Anti-Discrimination Model be More Effective?

This article begins by outlining the key requirements for adisclosure of information to be protected under the Public InterestDisclosure Act 1998. It goes on to show how anti-discriminationcase law has been applied to the assessment of compensationfor injury to feelings in a protected disclosure case. The authorthen considers the general implications of applying other anti-discriminationprinciples to whistleblowers. The article concludes by arguingthat there would be significant benefits to whistleblowers ifthey were placed under the umbrella of a new Commission forEquality and Human Rights.