Under the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998, workers who disclose information that they reasonably believe shows wrongdoing, or a cover-up of such, are entitled to legal protections. The review will explore how effective the current law is at enabling workers to speak up and protecting them when they do.
Specifically, it will look at who is covered by whistleblowing protections, the availability of information and guidance for whistleblowing purposes, and how employers and individuals respond to whistleblowing disclosures, including best practice.
The evidence gathering stage of the review will conclude in the autumn.
Richard Burger, UK white collar defence and investigations partner at WilmerHale, said: ‘Whistleblowers provide important intelligence for corporates to detect and disrupt frauds and acts of corruption perpetrated upon the corporate by both the internal rogue employee and the external fraudster.
‘A review of the effectiveness of and legal protections provided by the current regime should enhance the value of the intelligence provided.’
