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News Round-Up 22 November

22nd November 2023 by Isabelle

Your monthly whistleblowing news update. This month: McDonald’s faces up to two sex abuse claims a week, employment tribunal rules on parliamentary privilege challenge in foreign office whistle-blowing case and following Lucy Letby, 71% of doctors say whistleblowing damages careers.

16th November 202331st August 2023 by Emma Darlow Stearn

The Inside Story EP.2: Zelda Perkins The Inside Story EP.2: Zelda Perkins talks Weinstein, whistleblowing and NDAs Protect's podcast, The Inside Story, dives deep into the world of whistleblowing, uncovering the untold tales from behind closed doors. Whistleblowers provide their employers with the gift of information but are too often victimised for doing so. Join ... Read more

Bi-weekly News Round-Up/24 August

24th August 2023 by Isabelle

Lucy Letby Whistleblowing stops harm – but only when whistleblowers are heard. Could deaths have been avoided if concerns raised about Lucy Letby had been acted on sooner? This week Andrew Pepper-Parsons, Director of Policy at Protect, and Elizabeth Gardiner, CEO Protect, appeared on both Sky News and TalkTv. + Hospital bosses ignored months of … Read more

New upcoming Masterclass: Handling sexual harassment & whistleblowing concerns in the workplace

29th June 202128th June 2021 by Alex Allen

Protect is running a new Masterclass: Handling sexual harassment & whistleblowing concerns in the workplace aimed at senior individuals including HR, Compliance, Legal and Audit roles who are responsible for internal arrangements and whistleblowing culture. The session will include an overview of sexual harassment in the workplace and rights and duties in equality law, as ... Read more

Whistleblowing on workplace sexual harassment

26th May 2021 by Alex Allen

The #MeToo movement has undoubtedly given courage to many others to come forward and call out unwanted, unwelcome sexual harassment in the workplace. It has also shown the sheer scale of it. At work, employers have a duty of care or responsibility to look after the wellbeing of their employees. Under the Equality Act 2010, ... Read more