Protect reacts to the Government’s released Anti-Corruption Strategy and the decision to defer action on whistleblowing incentives (pending the Fisher KC review into fraud, which is due at the end of the year) and to consider whistleblowing protection in 2027.
We support changes that contribute to the fight against tax fraud – anything that improves the ability of regulators to take action against wrongdoing is in the public interest. However, rewards are no substitute for a comprehensive whistleblowing framework.
They say things come in threes, and if Labour’s proposals to Make Work Pay go ahead as planned they’ll be merging three critical employment agencies together to create the Fair Work Agency. The new Government says the new agency will have ‘teeth’ to issue fines when employers breach employment issues like failing to pay holiday pay or not paying the entitled minimum wage, which according to Citizens Advice could impact close to 2 million people. And its whistleblowing that could make all the difference.
