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Appeal Court case threatens workers ability to speak up against injustice – Kong v Gulf International Bank (UK) Ltd – Protect Press Release

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Court of Appeal to determine whether you can dismiss a whistleblower for the way they behave rather than the fact that they’ve blown the whistle [CA-2021-001961 Kong v Gulf International Bank (UK) Ltd] This week on Thursday 26 May 2022 the Court of Appeal will hear a test case on whistleblowing law, in which whistleblowing ... 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

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

Report calls for reform of Government as public confidence in Ministers at all time low

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A new report by the Committee on Standards in Public Life - “Upholding Public Standards” recognises the importance of high ethical standards to democracy and economic success.  Yet, as its polling reveals, public confidence in the conduct of Ministers is low. The Committee - which advises the PM on ethical standards, calls for central government reforms, including legislation to put ethics regulators and the codes that ... Read more

Protect responds to Government Official Secrets Act reform with calls for a Public Interest Defence

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Protect along with WIN (Whistleblowing International Network) have jointly responded to a government consultation on reforming the Official Secrets Act 1989. Our response states, “We have long held the view that the Official Secrets Act should contain a Public Interest Defence (PID) which is vital to the functioning of a democracy. Whistleblowing is necessary so ... Read more

Consultation Responses and Policy Briefings

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CONSULTATION RESPONSES AND POLICY BRIEFINGS Consultations are our opportunity to share with Parliament and Government our unparalleled experience of advising 3,000 whistleblowers a year and working with hundreds of employers to improve workplace whistleblowing cultures. We respond to consultations so that we can argue for better laws and public policy to protect whistleblowers and the ... Read more

Why calling out wrong doing in the security and intelligence community needs reform

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Last month former intelligence contractor whistleblower Reality Winner was finally released from jail for leaking classified information. But many argue  she and Chelsea Manning before her, had very little choice but to knowingly commit a crime by leaking information to the media. Whistleblowers in the security service in the UK and US need greater protections … Read more

Will the Information Commissioner’s Office’s (ICO) raid damage whistleblowing?

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16 July 2021 Protect is concerned by reports that the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) have conducted raids of two houses in the South of England in relation to suspected data breaches following a story appearing in the Sun on the 26th June involving former Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Matt Hancock, breaching ... Read more