By Sarah - Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
The British Standards Institute (BSI) has produced a Whistleblowing Code of Practice. It sets out the good practice arrangements for the introduction, operation and review of whilstleblowing provisions.
In our experience the whistleblowing provisions are not as well used as other employment legislation. However, in a climate where business practices are under the ethical spotlight we may see it being used more and more.
In order to receive a free copy of the Code of Practice you need to register your details with the BSI.
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By Philip - Thursday, December 14th, 2006
The Court of Appeal has handed down its decision concerning what amounts to a disclosure under the Whistleblowing legislation. The employee was a teacher who resigned after he received a formal warning from the School for hacking into the computer to expose a flaw in the security system, having obatined permission to do so in advance. The employee claimed he had suffered a detriment as a result of disclosing the employer’s breach in its data protection obligations. The Court of Appeal held “disclosure” under s43B of the ERA should be given its common meaning. This limits disclosure to the utterance of the words to the employer about the breach of their obligation but does not extend to the surrounding circumstances. The employee is seeking to appeal the decision to the House of Lords. Read Download bolton_school_v_evans.htm here.
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