Patrick Gorman loses protected disclosure retaliation claim

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Patrick Gorman’s protected disclosure penalisation complaint failed at the Workplace Relations Commission, with the decision dated 30 May 2024. The adjudicator found the WRC had no jurisdiction and that the complaint was out of time.

Gorman alleged he was penalised by not receiving a retirement function after making protected disclosures. The adjudicator found that Defence Forces personnel were not employees eligible to bring this complaint under the 2014 Act, and that Gorman had not lodged it within six months or shown reasonable cause for an extension.