WHISTLEBLOWING
All Party Parliamentary Group
APPG WHISTLEBLOWING IN THE MEDIA
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July 2020
Exclusive: 4,500 whistleblower complaints as bosses force furloughed staff to work
Senior politicians propose UK whistleblower policy reform
https://www.openaccessgovernment.org/uk-whistleblower-policy/90063/
APPG Report: "Making Whistleblowing work for Society " 2020*
Whistleblowers’ lawyers “fear retaliation” over NDAs
https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/whistleblowers-lawyers-fear-retaliation-over-ndas
FCA hones in on purpose and safety through ‘healthy culture’ FCA hones in on purpose and safety through
June 2020
Surge in care workers contacting whistleblower hotlines, as families not told about deaths in home.
QEUH report 'targetting' whistleblowers who raised the alarm over infection fears
May 2020
Coronavirus: NHS whistleblowers ‘threatened with job loss’ for speaking out on PPE
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/coronavirus-uk-nhs-ppe-whistleblowers-job-losses-ppe-a9515856.html
Hundreds report employers to HMRC over furlough fraud
https://www.personneltoday.com/hr/furlough-fraud/
Workers forced into furlough fraud blow the whistle on their bosses
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/05/21/workers-forced-furlough-fraud-blow-whistle-bosses/
‘Rife’ furlough fraud being revealed by whistleblowers
https://www.personneltoday.com/hr/rife-furlough-fraud-being-revealed-by-whistleblowers/
Whistleblower Laws Take Shape As Trillion-Dollar Global Cost Of Coronavirus Crisis Forces Rethink
January 2020
Week ahead in Parliament - Call for a review of whistleblowing regulation.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-parliaments-48798163
Whistleblowers: The UK Perspective
https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=11b2949b-67cd-440f-a2c3-ca61493e61d9
December 2019
How Technology can help Whistleblowing in the Public Sector?
https://www.itproportal.com/features/how-technology-can-help-whistleblowing-in-the-public-sector/
August 2019
Whistleblowing - An impending storm or winds of change?:
https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=61ff6af7-b20b-427f-903a-fad6a680fd2e
Whistleblowing protection: Are UK laws sufficient?
https://www.bmmagazine.co.uk/legal/whistleblowing-protection-are-current-uk-laws-sufficient/
July 2019
Whistleblowers need independent office to protect them, says MPs.
MPs demand radical overhaul of laws to protect whistleblowers
HR 'colluding' with employers over whistleblowing procedures
Regulator’s whistleblowing framework labelled ‘charade’
https://www.moneymarketing.co.uk/regulators-whistleblowing-framework-labelled-charade/
Greg Wright: In the age of #Metoo, non-disclosure agreements must not be used to silence whistleblowers
FCA takes ‘significant action’ in less than 1% of whistleblowing cases
Regulator’s whistleblowing framework labelled ‘charade’
https://www.moneymarketing.co.uk/news/regulators-whistleblowing-framework-labelled-charade/
Whistleblowing NHS worker to challenge NDA in test case for gagging orders
Why British whistleblowers need a safety net to protect them from blacklisting
March 2019