Costs of non-compliance can be high, including criminal prosecution and million-dollar fines.

Recent Bill aims at improving protection for whistleblowers in the corporate, financial, credit and tax sectors.

There is now a mechanism for private sector whistleblowers to report concerns to legal authorities without recrimination.

Companies need to develop, or review and update whistleblower policies and plans to ensure they comply with the new bill.

With the Federal Election expected in mid-May 2022, the Liberal Party and the Australian Labor Party have been releasing industrial relations policies that they are taking to the Election.

Businesses wait for final confirmation of their obligations under proposed changes to Australia's whistleblowing laws.

Accountants need to balance their duty as a trusted financial advisor against reporting requirements pursuant to NOCLAR.

The ASX Corporate Governance Council has opened public consultation to update its "Principles and Recommendations".

ASIC expects corporate entities to develop and implement comprehensive whistleblower policies.

The Australian Government has introduced its proposed whistleblower law reforms which aim to:

Employers should be aware of, and seek advice about, these changes to workplace laws that commenced on 1 July 2019.

The commitments announced by the government are extensive and designed to encourage increased whistleblower activity in the future.

ASIC released guidance for upcoming laws requiring large proprietary and public companies to have whistleblower policies.

Recent developments have driven organisations to reassess culture and the robustness of internal policies and processes.

An analysis of G20 whistleblower protections found Australia's private sector whistleblower protections relatively weak.

The Global Workplace Report is a monthly summary of leading commentary and perspectives on employment and labour law.

This article includes changes such as Consumer Data Right and other reforms affecting the Corporate & Commercial sector.

Employers should take note of these changes to the Australian employment landscape that take effect on 1 July 2019.

ASIC has recently released a report outlining the dos and don'ts for handling whistleblower investigations.

On 22 May 2023, the Full Court of the Federal Court (Full Court) will hear submissions on the retrospective application of certain whistleblower protections as part of the proceedings...