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  1. ETs on the rise

    workplacelaw The exclusive magazine for premium members of the Workplace Law Network on the rise But there are ways to navigate the Employment Tribunal process ETs inside this issue SEP/OCT 2010 Issue 56 Comment: Prevention is better than cure. Page 9 After the dRA: How retirement procedures may have to change. Page 34 Compliance expert Paul Caddick says there's more to electrica...

    Magazine issue | 1 Sep 2010

  2. A third of nurses discouraged from blowing the whistle

    In almost half of cases where nurses have raised concerns about issues such as staffing levels and patient safety, no action was taken, according to a new survey by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN). More than 80% of nurses have raised concerns with their employers about such issues. A survey of over 3,000 members of the RCN found that the majori...

    News | 5 Dec 2011

  3. The Social Network – 12 years of the Workplace Law Conference

    workplacelaw The exclusive magazine for premium members of the Workplace Law Network The NeTWORK 12 years of the Workplace Law conference inside this issue MAR/APR 2011 Issue 59 Comment: New employment lawyer group addresses sexual orientation discrimination. Page 45 Legal update: Essential guide to proposed changes to Employment Tribunals. Page 16 Blow for freedom? The challenge facing employers with whistleblowers followin...

    Magazine issue | 1 Mar 2011

  4. Same old: has health and safety really changed after the Young review?

    The exclusive magazine for premium members of the Workplace Law Network Same old dlo emaS Has health and safety really changed after the Young Review? inside this issue NOV/DEC 2010 Issue 57 Created equal Morale boost How to motivate and engage recession-hit staff. Page 27 CPd First aid provision within the workplace Page 30 Comment: BPA views on Government plans for wheelclamping. Page 45 network news: Including Workplace Law's new 3,000 sq ft HQ. Page 24 Plus: News and case round up of the leading health and safety, FM and HR stories ... ACA...

    Magazine issue | 1 Nov 2010

  5. Report published on preventing employee fraud

    A new report from CIFAS, the UK’s fraud prevention service, has found that in 2009 there was a 31% increase in staff identity fraud and a doubling of the number of disclosures of customer data to a third party. The report – The Internal Betrayal - projects an increase of 62% in 2010 in the number of cases of staff unlawfully obtaining or disclos...

    News | 17 Aug 2010

  6. Businesses offering more support for whistleblowers

     Half (54%) of UK businesses now have measures in place to enable whistleblowers to report fraud-related or other suspect activity. This is an increase compared to last year when only 40% of UK businesses had whistleblowing hotlines, according to the latest International Business Report (IBR) survey from finance and business advisors, Grant Thornton UK LLP. The survey canvassed the opinion of 500 private businesses in the UK on what fraud prevention practices are in place ...

    News | 10 May 2010

  7. Surgeon issues whistleblowing warning

    A senior surgeon who recently won a major legal case to save his reputation after he blew the whistle on cost-cutting measures has issued a warning. In an interview with the Independent, Ramon Niekrash said that health professionals need to think "very hard" before they risk their careers arguing against mana...

    News | 14 Apr 2010

  8. Employers urged to review whistleblowing policies

     Employers are being urged to review their approach to whistleblowing allegations in light of the Government's planned changes to the law next month. From 6 April, the current bar on Employment Tribunals revealing any details of whistleblowing allegations outside of the tribunal process is to be lifted. As a result, tribunals will be able to refer such claims to the relevan...

    News | 24 Mar 2010

  9. Increase in whistleblower tribunal cases

    The number of employees claiming to have been sacked, mistreated or bullied for whistleblowing is now over ten times higher than it was a decade ago, figures have revealed. According to Employment Tribunal statistics, collated by charity, Public Concern at Work, the number of people using whistleblowing legislation (The Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 – PIDA) increased from 157 cases in 1999 to 1,791 in 2009. The PIDA was introduced in 1999 to protect individuals who disclose information about their employer in the public interest...

    News | 23 Mar 2010

  10. Senior NHS Consultant wins whistleblowing claim

    A senior consultant at a London hospital who repeatedly raised concerns about the impact of cost-cutting measures on the health and safety of patients and was subsequently suspended has won his claim that his exclusion was on the grounds of whistleblowing. Ramon Niekrash, a Consultant Urologist at the Queen El...

    Case | 4 Feb 2010

  11. Employment Tribunals to pass on whistleblowing allegations

     The Government has clarified its proposals to enable Employment Tribunals to pass on whistleblowing allegations raised in ET1 claim forms to the relevant regulatory authorities.  For claims (or amended claims) arising on or after 6 April 2010, a number of changes will enable Tribunals to refer protected disclosure allegations (otherwise known as whistleblowing claims) to the r...

    News | 18 Jan 2010

  12. Increase in internal fraud by middle managers

    New research has found that internal fraud by middle managers is on the rise. According to a survey published today by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), some 47% of all economic crimes in the UK were perpetrated by middle managers, as opposed to junior or senior staff, up from 32% in 2007. Accounting fraud was found to be the fastest growing economic crime. PwC h...

    News | 19 Nov 2009

  13. Whistleblowing a ‘professional obligation’

    Yup, sounds like another case of ethical and morale bankruptcy where institutional ranks closed for fear of repercussions should one be seen to be off-message and not on the "right" page with whips (line management) running just to make sure. The longitudenal "Whitehall II Study" interestingly was founded on the emotional stress associated with any sense of "injustice" that ...

    Comment | 16 Aug 2011

  14. Whistleblowing a ‘professional obligation’

    "Truth & Reconciliation" tis but a dream and the concept of ethical literacy let alone emotional literacy leaves the victim and their peers to suffer the slings and arrows of fear and guilt for it is the 'omission to do anything' that is the rotten worm in the barrel of basically good apples contaminating the int...

    Comment | 9 Aug 2011

  15. Rise in whistleblowing predicted

    A risk consulting company has warned organisations to be prepared for an increase in ‘whistleblowing’ from former employees, as the number of redundancies continues to rise.     Protiviti has reported a significant increase in the number of clients – from all sectors – asking for help to understan...

    News | 8 Apr 2009

  16. NHS staff to be expected to whistleblow

    Bravo, and if that isn't "transitional leadership" in terms of grabbing the opportunity for fostering nay even promoting 'truth and reconcilliation' in order to reduce the collateral damage that for far too long has been founded in the friendly fire of denial in an increasingly fear based problem orientated NIMBY institution I don't k...

    Comment | 13 Oct 2010

  17. Whistleblower’s earnings protected until trial concludes

    Oooh, thought she was in Hi-de-hi and not sure what Little Britian is other than the only gay in the village ? whateveeer. "Nithen" and nevertheless, with an ethically and morally bankrupt so called 'education' system that has tried to standardise delivery of a dumb down national curriculum solely in order to raise pass stats on the basic 'general cirt of secondary ed' they have lo...

    Comment | 24 Jul 2010

  18. Surgeon issues whistleblowing warning

    They can spend hundreds of thousands employing 400 new top managers in the NHS but can't afford to spend that money on the front line. No wonder this Doctor wanted to speak up and I bet there are many many others that would love to but are too afraid. These 400 are no doubt going to be used to make even more bad decisions that are not in the patients best interests and probably will compromise safety. Ha...

    Comment | 16 Apr 2010

  19. Whistleblowing at Work Doubles; New Rules for Listed Companies

    People are twice as likely to blow the whistle on workplace wrongdoing today as they were five years ago, according to a new report from the whistleblowing charity Public Concern at Work. Data from the national whistleblower's helpline shows that the top two issues are safety risks and financial misconduct - each making up 30% of calls. The maj...

    News | 15 Oct 2003

  20. It’s a WRAP

    workplacelaw The exclusive magazine for premium members of the Workplace Law Network inside this issue NOV/DEC 2011 Issue 63 Changing times David Sharp, MD of Workplace Law, outlines exciting new plans. Page 22 Rules of RiddOR Latest guidance on reporting of injuries and ill health at work. Page 34 Comment: How green is our government? asks Alison Doig, Christian Aid. Page 9 Legal update: Employment Tribunal reform ­ a step too far? Page 16 Partied out Not every workplace event is incidentfree. Page 27 Plus: News and case round up of t...

    Magazine issue | 2 Nov 2011

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