LRD guides and handbook October 2024

Health and Safety Law 2024

For example, in Morgan v Royal Mencap Society [2016] UKEAT/0272/15/LA, Morgan complained to her employer, the mental health charity Mencap, about her cramped working conditions. She felt these conditions endangered her health and safety and would shock the public if they knew about them. The judge allowed her appeal against an employment tribunal finding that this was not a matter of public interest. They confirmed that the correct question is not whether a disclosure is actually in the public interest, but rather whether the worker reasonably believes this is the case.