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Protect and Leigh Day to host anti-corruption panel debate

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Anti-Corruption Government Tsar, John Penrose MP will join Protect and Leigh Day in panel debate 'Tackling Corruption - Is whistleblowing the first line of defence?' on Thursday 24 February. International corruption and whistleblowing lawyer, Paul Dowling, a partner at Leigh Day will join the debate to discuss legal claims used to hold organisations to account. ... Read more

Poor practice at the practice? 

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Michael worked at a dental practice and called us because he had some concerns about the practice. He was worried about the safety of the building and that staff were not ensuring instruments were suitably clean and sterile before use with patients.   Managers had failed to take these concerns seriously when Michael spoke to ... Read more

Former Protect CE’s launch specialised whistleblowing law firm 

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Protect has welcomed a new specialist law firm  James & West Law – The Whistleblowing Experts, established by two former Protect Chief Executives Cathy James and Francesca West.  Francesca and Cathy have been working with whistleblowers and specialising in whistleblowing law since 2005. Both worked at Protect, for 14 years each, both having a tenure ... Read more

Protect statement on Guardian story ‘Staff blow whistle on Environment Agency that ‘no longer deters polluters’

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Head of Policy at Protect, Andrew Pepper-Parsons said:  “The report in today’s Guardian, 'Staff blow whistle on Environment Agency that 'no longer deters polluters' that Environment Agency cuts have left staff unable to do their jobs, and warned against speaking to the media by Environment Agency Chief Executive James Bevan, if accurate, is extremely concerning ... Read more

Defamation and whistleblowing

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DEFAMATION AND WHISTLEBLOWINGWhat does it mean? If you have raised whistleblowing concerns and your employer and/or individuals referred to in your whistleblowing report consider the report to be untrue, they may accuse you of having defamed them. Defamation is the publication of a false statement that has caused, or is likely to cause, serious harm ... Read more

Communications officer vacancy

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COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER VACANCY Do you want to work for a small, agile and ambitious charity to benefit the public interest?    Protect, the UK’s whistleblowing charity is looking for an enthusiastic, organised and creative Communications Officer to join our growing team. Passionate about all things digital and with great interpersonal skills, you will help us to ... Read more

Government Anti-Corruption Strategy acknowledges ‘failure to review whistleblowing framework due to pandemic’ 

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The Government’s third update of its progress to the UK Anti-Corruption Strategy 2017-2022 has been published, and acknowledges a failure to review the whistleblowing framework is ‘due to resources being prioritised for the pandemic response.’  Launched in December 2017 the Strategy aims to support national security, prosperity and trust in institutions. It sets out a longer-term vision of anti-corruption action leading to:  reduced threats to ... Read more

Local authorities up and down the UK owe it to their staff and residents to not repeat the gross mismanagement of Edinburgh Council  

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Whistleblowing culture is so much more than having a policy. Reporting channels, speak up ambassadors and champions are all great to have in place.  But if there is no communication, no promotion of these channels, and most importantly - no management and Board buy in – they are effectively meaningless.  Protect has been championing whistleblowing for almost 30 years. We know the pitfalls and have seen the damage to individuals and ... Read more

EU Governments can learn a lot from PIDA over the last 25 years

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Today – 17 December 2021- is the official deadline for the EU Whistleblowing Directive to be transposed by Member States. And, as the EU Whistleblowing Monitor demonstrates, it’s been a slow start with only a handful of the 27 EU countries meeting today’s deadline to implement the new requirements. Whistleblowing International Network (WIN) and Transparency ... Read more

Lessons learned from UK whistleblowing legislation PIDA over two decades

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Implementing the EU Directive on Whistleblowing: Lessons learned from UK whistleblowing legislation PIDA over two decades As new whistleblowing rules roll out across the EU today, Protect and WIN look at what’s been learned from the UK’s whistleblowing legislation Today - 17 December 2021- is the official deadline for the EU Whistleblowing Directive to be ... Read more