When is a disclosure protected?
To make a disclosure under the Act, you must be an “employee” of the organisation (either public or private sector) that you are making the disclosure about.
Under the Act, “employee” includes:
- former employees;
- homeworkers;
- people seconded to organisations; and
- contractors.
Your disclosure will be protected if:
- the information you are disclosing is about serious wrongdoing in or by your workplace;
- you reasonably believe that the information is true or is likely to be true; and
- you wish to have the serious wrongdoing investigated.