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Read the text of the Whistleblowing Bill
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The All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Whistleblowing was launched in July 2018 with the aim to put whistleblowing at the top of the agenda. Whistleblowers remain the vital element of a transparent society without whose voice many more unethical activities and crimes would remain unknown, with far reaching impacts on our society and communities.
This report examines how whistleblowers fare at Employment Tribunals. In 1998, with the implementation of the Public Interest Disclosure Act through the Employment Rights Act, Employment Tribunals became the de facto bearers of justice for whistleblowers. Today, we question whether that is indeed the most appropriate institutional arrangement to, on the one hand redress and deter reprisals against whistleblowers, and on the other hand address the wrongdoing that whistleblowers raise concerns about.
Read the All-Party Parliamentary Group report: “Making whistleblowing work for society”
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The notion of drawing attention to wrongdoing by ‘blowing the whistle’ originates from the Metropolitan Police Force who in February 1884 issued 21,000 whistles, the nineteenth century mobile phone! The effectiveness of blowing the whistle can be seen to this day on sports fields around the world. A whistle remains the most effective means of being heard above the crowd and drawing attention to an issue.
Read the All-Party Parliamentary Group report on whistleblowing: “The Personal Cost of Doing the Right Thing and the Cost to Society of Ignoring it”
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Whistleblowers on Their Own: Europe’s New ‘Protection’ Systems Offer Little Comfort
Anti-corruption advocates universally praised the passage of new whistleblower protection rules by the European Union in 2019. Publicly, they used words like “victory” and “achievement.” Privately, some called the new rules “a miracle.” Many experts said the new protections were too good to be true. Two years later, it appears they may be right.
The first sign of trouble is the fact that only 4 of 27 countries met the EU’s deadline to pass a new whistleblower law by last Dec. 17: Denmark, Malta, Portugal and Sweden. Laws since have been passed by Cyprus, Latvia and Lithuania. This leaves 20 countries out of compliance – and corruption witnesses in these countries still without legal protection from retaliation. Most of these countries are far from finalizing their laws, due to a lack of political will, expertise and experience with whistleblower cases. Doubt and fear have stymied the legislative process