Safety whistleblower wins tribunal

A former manager of a Kent-based charity for blind children is to be awarded compensation by a tribunal after blowing the whistle on alleged bullying of staff.

The Royal London Society for the Blind (RLSB) conceded liability on all the claims brought by Tebiena Martin. They included unfair dismissal and whistleblowing, but the RLSB denied there had been any bullying or harassment.

Martin worked at the RLSB for seven years but alleged that, in the latter part of her time there, she and a number of other staff had been bullied by a senior officer.