Whistleblowing (Part 2): How to approach whistleblowing complaints The Work Couch

Whistleblowing commonly features in today's top news stories, recent examples including the Post Office and Horizon dispute, and the harrowing Lucy Letby case. It's also a notoriously complex, and sometimes misunderstood, area of employment law, which can present challenges for line managers, HR teams and business leaders. 
In part 2 of our mini-series on whistleblowing, Ellie Gelder is joined by Sybille Raphael, legal director at whistleblowing charity Protect, to explain how employers can approach whistleblowing complaints proactively and effectively. We discuss:
 
·       The reasons why employees don't speak up about wrongdoing at work, and how to foster a "speak up" culture;
·       Protecting whistleblowers from victimisation;
·       The shifting perceptions of whistleblowers, and how the nature of complaints has changed over the last decade;
·       How the employer's approach to whistleblowing will differ to its approach for grievances;
·       Balancing the duty of confidentiality to both the whistleblower and to the subject(s) of the complaint; and
·       Using whistleblowing reporting as a positive tool to achieve wider commercial goals.
 
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