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Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998

Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998

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Sep 11, 2026

Olly MannHOST
65:49
Right, okay.
Bernadette RochfordGUEST
65:50
And that's allegedly, there is a piece of law called PEDA, Public Interest Disclosure Act.
Bernadette RochfordGUEST
65:57
And if you speak up in the public interest and you receive detriment, then it's breaking the law.
Bernadette RochfordGUEST
66:03
Your only right to use that piece of law is if you then take it to an employment tribunal.

9 MINS LATER

Olly MannHOST
75:30
And do you think whistleblowers are better protected now?
Bernadette RochfordGUEST
75:34
No, I don't.
Bernadette RochfordGUEST
75:35
One of the problems is we've still got this PEDA, Public Interest Disclosure Act, which people rely on and they cut and paste it and they say, oh, you have protection under PEDA, but you only have protection if you can get yourself to an employment tribunal, present your case, fight the odds and win, which remember only 3% do.
Bernadette RochfordGUEST
75:59
Only if you can do all of that...

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