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"Although the UK's whistleblowing regime has been around for nearly 25 years, employers still frequently get into trouble when handling disclosures by employees."

Join Robert Hunt, Christine Young and Jonathan Mattout in the first of two episodes on how to deal with witnesses and suspects. This first episode is focused on employment...

A new law coming into force in January will have a notable impact on employers. It concerns a protected disclosure from employees who are usually known as whistleblowers and...

On June 26th, the United States Supreme Court granted certiorari to hearing an appeal requiring it to determine when a corporate insider becomes a whistleblower protected by Dodd-Frank Act's...

On February 23, 2014, the PRA and FCA jointly proposed measures seeking to formalize procedures for whistleblowing in the banking and insurance sectors.

Confidentiality and gagging clauses have been brought back into public view, with the recent disclosure by former United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust CEO, Gary Walker, on the BBC’s Today Programme about an alleged gagging clause in his compromise agreement.

Join Robert, Christine and Jonathan in the first of two episodes on how to deal with witnesses and suspects.

On April 19, 2018, a New Jersey federal district court ruled that even though the SEC oversees testimony to FINRA, such testimony does not constitute protected activity for the purposes...

EU Member States have until 17 December 2021 to implement the EU Whistleblowing Directive, though progress across the region is not uniform.

We invited Karen Baxter from our UK firm, Lewis Silkin, and Síobhra Rush from our Irish firm, Lewis Silkin Ireland, to discuss internal investigations and the new EU Whistleblowing Directive...

EU Member States had until 17 December 2021 to implement the EU Whistleblowing Directive, but many have not completed the process, and some have not yet started.

In welcome news for employers, the EAT has ruled in Sullivan v Isle of White Council that external job applicants cannot bring a whistleblowing detriment claim against a prospective employer...

The Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, has finally delivered his Autumn Statement.

A tribunal or court can only hear a whistleblowing claim against a British employer from someone working outside ...

The recent legislative changes to whistleblowing protection introduced by the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 has led the UK Government to call for evidence on whether the provisions unaffected by the ERRA could also be amended and revised.

The latest edition of our Regulation in Focus podcast series features Jenny Andrews, an Of Counsel in our Employment team and Charles McGrath, a Senior Associate...

According to a press release issued by the European Commission today, the European Parliament and the Member States have agreed to adopt new rules that set the standard for protecting individuals