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Employees aren't protected under strengthened whistleblower protections for detriment they suffered before the current laws came into effect, a full Federal Court has affirmed.

The bench found that while the 2019 whistleblower amendments to the Commonwealth Corporations Act had "some" retrospective operation, this was "to a limited extent".

Nevertheless, employers should be aware that there is a "very broad range of conduct" that employees may allege amounts to detriment regarding historical whistleblower reports, Clayton Utz partner Amanda Lyras tells HR Daily...