The charity Public Concern at Work has received the recommendations from the commission it established to review the effectiveness of whistleblowing practices in UK workplaces back in 2013. The report makes over 20 recommendations for improving protection for whistleblowers and encouraging culture of compliance with the legal obligations. The commission has attached a draft code […]
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Confidentiality in Settlement Agreements
You may recall that there has been much press coverage over the past 12 months or so about the use of compromise agreements/settlement agreements particularly in the public sector where employees are being exited and asked to sign confidentiality clauses in return for their settlement. The use of “gagging clauses” is widespread but in the […]
Whistleblowing – the inside story
The Public Concern at Work (PCAW) Organisation has presented a report giving the low down into whistleblowing from the calls it has received to its hotline over a twelve month period. The report entitled “Whistleblowing the inside story” has been published in conjunction with the University of Greenwich and can be found here. Ethical and […]