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Safecall is delighted be able to call upon experienced professionals such as Keely Hibbitt, a well-respected legal & compliance expert, who fully understands the real challenges faced by those with compliance, investigations and HR roles.

Securities regulators in Ontario and Quebec have recently launched whistleblower programs to encourage people to come forward and report securities-related misconduct.

We detail below some recent developments which track the transformation of the UK's fraud prevention landscape and what this means for companies.

The UK was an early adopter of specific whistleblower protection and this is reflected in cultural attitudes to the practice.

Major developments in employment law are expected to take place in 2017, Katee Dias outlines the main changes.

Welcome to this month's briefing for HR teams and in-house employment counsel – bringing you this month's employment law highlights in an easy-to-read package.

Individual accountability won't transform organizational culture on its own, but firms could make greater use of a resource they already have.

After a busy summer news cycle dominated by predictions of recession and soaring energy prices, employers might be tempted to think that talk of the Covid furlough scheme scandal is a thing of the past.

Diversity and inclusion are widely debated subjects, and rightly so. Many of us know, intuitively, that varied and fresh thinking from a range of experiences will positively support businesses and there's substantial research ...

As private credit owners navigate troubled borrower situations, they often face the challenge of replacing underperforming senior management teams. With the UK abolishing the unfair dismissal compensation cap and reducing the qualifying period from two years to six months starting January 2027, the landscape for managing executive exits is set to transform dramatically, making current strategies for performance management and negotiated departures significantly more complex and costly.

In April 2018, Sir Martin Sorrell resigned as Chief Executive Officer of WPP Group. This followed more than three decades spent at the helm of the multinational advertising and PR company.

Ms Gilham claimed disability discrimination and that she had suffered detriments because of her whistle-blowing complaints.

In today's business landscape, maintaining a positive workplace culture is crucial to the success and sustainability of any organisation.

Services of all types are increasingly moving to digital focused offerings with some organisations no longer publishing contact phone numbers at all.

Courts and tribunals are not obliged to follow it, but guidance may be used as evidence in proceedings.

Workers are protected from detrimental treatment as a result of making a protected disclosure (or 'whistleblowing').

A recent investigation has uncovered serious allegations of patient safety failures at the Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust, including claims of inadequate incident reporting, suppressed whistleblowing, and systemic governance problems. Staff describe patients allegedly dying in overcrowded emergency departments, delayed diagnoses, and concerns that serious incidents are being downgraded or closed without proper investigation.

Leasing aircraft in the aviation industry is a common practice. Whether leases are taken for a short-term (wet leasing) or for an extended period (dry leasing), leasing allows airlines to cope with extra demand, ...