Policy and procedure—whistleblowing

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Precedents

Policy and procedure—whistleblowing

Copyright © 2025 LexisNexis

Published by a LexisNexis Employment expert

Precedents

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      Purpose and scope

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        All organisations face the risk of things going wrong or of unknowingly harbouring malpractice.

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        The Company takes malpractice very seriously. We are committed to conducting our business with honesty and integrity and we expect all staff to maintain high standards too. We encourage open communication from all those who work for us and we want everyone to feel secure about raising concerns.[ The Company will provide regular training to all staff in relation to Whistleblowing law and this policy.]

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        All staff have protection under whistleblowing laws if they raise concerns in the correct way. This policy is designed to give staff that opportunity and protection.

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        It does not matter if an individual who raises a concern is mistaken about it—staff do not have to prove anything about the allegation they are making but they must reasonably believe that the disclosure is made in the public interest and that the information they have tends to show some malpractice.

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        This policy applies to all employees, officers, consultants, contractors of the Company and to other workers within the Company including

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Whistleblowing definition
What does Whistleblowing mean?

workers are protected against retaliatory dismissal or detrimental treatment where they make a 'protected disclosure' to the employer or to some other prescribed person. It must be a disclosure of information which the worker reasonably believes is made in the public interest and tends to show certain types of wrongdoing.

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