MacLennan v British Psychological Society

Subject Matter

EMPLOYMENT — Protected disclosure — Worker — Claimant appointed President-elect of charity with view to becoming President year later — Protected disclosures made prior to and after confirmation of appointment — Role as President-elect subsequently terminated — Whether claimant having entered into contract with charity — Whether claimant required to be treated as worker by application of Convention rights — Whether whistleblowing protection available when disclosure made prior to complainant becoming worker for employer — Employment Rights Act 1996 (c 18), ss 47B, 230(3) — Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt I, arts 10, 14

[2024] EAT 166; [2025] ICR 977; [2025] IRLR 4; [2024] WLR(D) 467, EAT