Over the last 12 months we have seen a significant increase in
queries on whistleblowing in the workplace. It seems that more and
more individuals are "blowing the whistle" and claiming
they have been dismissed or suffered a detriment for having done
so.
In light of this, we have recently run whistleblowing workshops
in each of our UK offices. In this blog post and a number to
follow, we share some of the learning points for HR from these
workshops, together with answers to some of the questions we were
asked. As our workshops demonstrated, the law in this area can be
complex, but handling allegations of whistleblowing in the
workplace doesn't have to be.
Learning point 1: assume that all workers who raise complaints
are protected under the whistleblowing provisions
