UK:
Department For Business Innovation & Skills Issues Guidance On Whistleblowing
15 April 2015
Shearman & Sterling LLP
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On March 20, 2015, the Department for Business Innovation &
Skills published guidance for employers and prescribed persons
regarding whistleblowing. The documents lay out various policies
and procedures for employers regarding whistleblowing. A prescribed
person is an organization or individual that a worker may approach
outside their workplace to report suspected or known wrongdoing.
The Prescribed Persons Order 2014 sets out a list of over 60 such
organizations and individuals that have been designated as
prescribed persons because they have an authoritative or oversight
relationship with the sector, often as a regulatory body.
The guidance for employers and the code of practice are
available at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/415175/bis-15-200-whistleblowing-guidance-for
employers-and-code-of-practice.pdf.
The guidance for prescribed persons is available at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/415172/bis-15-201-Prescribed-persons
guidance.pdf.
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