Dept of Social Protection civil servant who claimed to be whistleblower loses appeal over disciplining

A higher executive officer in the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection has lost an appeal for being disciplined over what he claimed was due to him being a whistleblower.

Paschal Hosford, a manager in the department's finance section since 2014, was given a final written warning in 2017 over what his superiors said was disruptive behaviour and refusal to comply with reasonable management instructions.