Labour Court dismisses Hayley Simmonds’s protected disclosure appeal

The Labour Court dismissed Hayley Simmonds’s appeal against Home From Home Childcare Limited, upholding the Adjudication Officer’s decision on 1 July 2025. Simmonds argued that the employer penalised her by failing to take seriously her workplace bullying complaint, which she said was a protected disclosure. The employer said the complaint concerned personal grievances about a colleague. The Court found that the employer followed its anti-bullying procedure, including an initial examination and an external investigation, and had not trivialised the complaint. It concluded that the alleged penalisation was not established. No award was recorded.