All claims dismissed because the claimant's evidence was unreliable and inconsistent, and the respondent's witnesses were credible, showing the dismissal was for genuine misconduct (failure to perform fire walks and falsifying records) with no connection to any protected disclosure or race.
Legal Issues (6)
Burden of proof
credibility of witnesses
protected disclosure (s.103A ERA 1996)
direct race discrimination (s.13 Equality Act 2010)
harassment related to race (s.26 Equality Act 2010)
Both claimants' whistleblowing detriment claims were dismissed because the alleged disclosures were not made in the public interest (first claimant) or were not proved and/or not in the public interest (second claimant), and the alleged detriments were not on the ground of any protected disclosure.
Legal Issues (3)
Whether the claimants made protected disclosures (disclosure of information, public interest, reasonable belief)
whether they were subjected to detriments on the ground of those disclosures