UK: Whistleblowing in the workplace - Your Views

As you may know, the whistleblowing charity, Public Concern at Work, recently published a consultation paper to examine the effectiveness of existing arrangements for workplace whistleblowing and make recommendations for change.  The consultation paper can be found here. 

We are preparing a response to the consultation paper and are seeking views from UK based companies on some of the key areas of debate, including:

1. the way in which organisations currently approach whistleblowing;
2. whether whistleblowers should be rewarded for blowing the whistle and, if so, how;
3. whether the current whistleblowing regime should be extended to cover other categories of individuals and types of wrongdoing;
4. whether individuals that are wrongly identified as whistleblowers should be protected by law in the same way that genuine whistleblowers are;
5. gagging clauses; and
6. the judicial system relating to whistleblowing claims.

The survey can be accessed here.  We welcome any responses (although we only need one response per organisation).  We estimate it will take between 20-30 minutes to complete the survey and you do not need to have read the consultation paper in order to complete it.  We have also included an opportunity for you to indicate that you would like your response only to be used on an anonymised basis. 

 We would ask that any responses be submitted by close of business on Friday, 7 June 2013.

 If you have any questions regarding the survey, please contact Anna Law (anna.law@hsf.com) or Nick Wright (nick.wright@hsf.com).