A Bill to provide protections for whistleblowers; to create offences relating to the treatment of whistleblowers and the handling of whistleblowing cases; to establish an independent body to protect whistleblowers and whistleblowing, in accordance with the public interest; to make provision for that body to set, monitor and enforce standards for the management of whistleblowing cases, to provide disclosure and advice services, to direct whistleblowing investigations and to order redress of detriment suffered by whistleblowers; to repeal the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998; and for connected purposes.
House of Commons
5 May 2021
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This bill would strengthen protections for people who raise concerns at work (whistleblowers). It would create new offences for mistreating whistleblowers and for mishandling whistleblowing cases, and it would establish an independent body to protect whistleblowers, oversee how cases are handled, provide advice and disclosure services, direct investigations, and order redress for any detriment suffered. It would repeal the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998.
The bill is currently at Committee stage in the House of Commons, having previously completed its first and second readings in 2020.
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