Section 44(1)

An employee has the right not to be subjected to any detriment by any act, or any deliberate failure to act, by his employer done on the ground that— having been designated by the employer to carry out activities in connection with preventing or reducing risks to health and safety at work, the employee carried out (or proposed to carry out) any such activities, being a representative of workers on matters of health and safety at work or member of a safety committee— the employee performed (or proposed to perform) any functions as such a representative or a member of such a committee, in accordance with arrangements established under or by virtue of any enactment, or by reason of being acknowledged as such by the employer, the employee took part (or proposed to take part) in consultation with the employer pursuant to the Health and Safety (Consultation with Employees) Regulations 1996 or in an election of representatives of employee safety within the meaning of those Regulations (whether as a candidate or otherwise), being an employee at a place where— he brought to his employer’s attention, by reasonable means, circumstances connected with his work which he reasonably believed were harmful or potentially harmful to health or safety, there was no such representative or safety committee, or there was such a representative or safety committee but it was not reasonably practicable for the employee to raise the matter by those means, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Source: legislation.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-09-04