There has been a lot of commentary recently about whistleblowers
and the proposed amendments to the Protected Disclosures Act 2000,
which are aimed at strengthening the protection available to
whistleblowers in New Zealand.
In June we presented a seminar on whistleblowing policies in
conjunction with some of our Australian colleagues, discussing the
NZ legislation, proposed changes, and the new legislation effective
in Australia from 1 July 2019.
Since we presented that seminar, there are some updates worth
mentioning relating to whistleblowing policies. In summary, there
is a consistent message about the benefit of clear and
understandable whistleblowing policies for both organisations and
their employees.
