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Make do or mend: what's next for UK whistleblowing law?

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Published on: 21 May 2021
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  • ‘Let's fix UK whistleblowing law’
  • EU Whistleblowing Directive
  • Comment

Article summary

Employment analysis: On 20 April 2021, the UK's whistleblowing charity, Protect, launched the ‘Let’s fix UK whistleblowing law’ campaign. The campaign calls on the government to review and update the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 (PIDA). But does UK whistleblowing law need fixing? And what could this mean for employers? Helen Almond, senior knowledge lawyer at Addleshaw Goddard examines these questions.

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