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02/12/2008
Code of practice for whistleblowing launched |
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It has been reported that now is a good time for a code of practice to be launched to provide guidance on how businesses can protect employees who disclose misconduct.
Citing the results of a recent report by accountancy group Grant Thornton, Personnel Today revealed that only 40 per cent of businesses in the UK have frameworks in place to allow staff to highlight any unlawful or improper activities in the workplace.
In light of such a disclosure, the British Standards Institute, along with charity Public Concern at Work, has launched a code of practice to help businesses provide protection and anonymity for conscientious employees who disclose offences.
The code of practice is reported to mark the tenth anniversary of the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 - brought in to protect such employees from persecution. The Act also protects workers who blow the whistle from being dismissed as a result of their disclosure.
According to the HSE, should an employee approach their line manager, safety representative or trade union representative about a risk to their health or the health of others and not be satisfied with the action taken, the law provides them with protection should they allege misconduct on their employer.
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