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On March 20, 2018, a U.S. Circuit Court held that under the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010, the SEC may give monetary awards to whistleblowers (in the range of 10% to 30% of monetary penalties...

Companies are increasingly incorporating whistleblowing and regulatory complaints into their commercial strategies.

Almost all EU Member States have now implemented Directive (EU) No. 2019/1937 "on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law" (the "Whistleblower Directive")...

The Directive (EU) 2019/1937 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2019 on the protection of persons who report breaches of...

The Charity Commission has published guidance to confirm that charity employees can report concerns about certain categories of serious wrongdoing at their charity to the Commission via a dedicated whistleblowing email address.

We've all heard it being said that one bad apple spoils the barrel.

The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 introduces various reforms to employment law, some of which come into force today.

During our Annual Update seminar on 27 April 2016, we discussed some of the legislative changes that employers should look out for over the next 12 months.

If a manager takes a decision to dismiss in good faith, can an employee succeed with a claim that another manager's actions mean that the dismissal is really because,,,

Dealing with whistleblowing incidents is complex, there are usually many moving parts and a regulatory backdrop to consider. They will never arise at the "right" time and they will often call for interactions...

In International Petroleum Ltd and others v Osipov and others, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has upheld an Employment Tribunal's finding that two non-executive directors...

In the case of Okwu v Rise Community Action, the EAT found that, in relation to whether a protected disclosure was in the public interest or not, it only requred the employee to have reasonable belief that it was.

Our 2025 Regional Whistleblowing & Incident Management Benchmark Report includes the largest-ever dataset of NAVEX customers that received 10 or more internal reports. This group of over 4,000 organizations representing nearly 70-million employees logged 2.15 million reports in 2024.

New legislation concerning whistleblowing has recently come into force.

A tribunal or court can only hear a whistleblowing claim against a British employer from someone working outside Great Britain if there is a stronger connection with Great Britain and British employment law...

In addition to financial compensation, an "injury to feelings" award is available in discrimination and certain whistleblowing claims.

Prior to the long-awaited FCA's guidance on non-financial misconduct, due to be published later this autumn, on 25 October 2024 the FCA published its key findings following a survey, issued in February 2023 to 1...