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Third-party harassment: why employees must come before commercial outcomes
Read full story: Third-party harassment: why employees must come before commercial outcomesFrom 30th October, employers are liable for harassment by clients, customers and contractors. But the real question is whether your employees believe they come first.
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How Does the EU Whistleblowing Directive Affect UK-Based Multinationals?
The EU Whistleblowing Directive (Directive 2019/1937) required all EU member states to transpose a minimum standard of whistleblower protection into national law by December 2021. For UK-based multinationals with operations, subsidiaries or employees in the EU, the Directive creates legal obligations that run in parallel to – and in some respects beyond – the UK…
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What Are the Legal Consequences of Failing to Train Managers on Whistleblowing?
Most organisations have a whistleblowing policy. Far fewer can demonstrate that their managers have been trained to act on it correctly. That gap carries real legal consequences and risks. When a protected disclosure is mishandled – through ignorance rather than intent – the employment tribunal does not distinguish between the two. This article sets out…
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How Does the Employment Rights Act Affect Workplace Training Requirements?
The Employment Rights Act 2025 (ERA 2025) is the most significant overhaul of UK employment law in a generation. Receiving Royal Assent in December 2025, its first wave of provisions came into force on 6 April 2026. For HR, compliance and L&D professionals, the Employment Rights Act implications extend well beyond the headline changes to…
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How Can Organisations Ensure Anonymous Reporting for Workplace Misconduct?
Ensuring that employees can report workplace misconduct anonymously is a governance commitment that has to be earned through design, not asserted through policy. The difference between an organisation that has a whistleblowing channel and one that has a whistleblowing channel employees trust and use is a function of the practical choices made in how that…
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What Are the Security Standards for Outsourced Whistleblowing Solutions?
Outsourcing whistleblowing solutions transfers the operational handling of sensitive employee concerns to a third party. That transfer creates a due diligence obligation that many organisations underestimate. The data processed through a whistleblowing channel – identities, allegations, investigation notes, personal details of those implicated – is among the most sensitive an organisation holds. The security and…
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How Does Whistleblower Case Tracking Software Ensure Confidentiality?
When a whistleblowing concern is received, the conversation about confidentiality has only just begun. The channel through which the report arrives – a telephone hotline, a web portal, a written submission – determines how the report enters the system. What happens next depends on the case management infrastructure that receives it. How that infrastructure is…