The law protects workers who whistleblow.
As an employee, if you disclose something that is in the public interest you should not be treated unfairly or lose your job.
However, if what you are disclosing could be a personal grievance – for example bullying, harassment or discrimination – then the law recommends that you go through your employee’s grievance procedures instead. But what happens if you are a student, or an employee on a fixed term contract, or your future career depends on the good recommendation of your current supervisor or line manager? What happens if you are subject to a systemic culture where people like you are discriminated against either overtly or in a series of compounding microaggressions?
In science, women and other marginalised groups are in the minority.
