United Kingdom: Whistleblowing

UK Employment Rights Act 2025 and FCA Non-Financial Misconduct Guidance — Key Considerations for Financial Services Employers...

The Crime and Policing Act 2026 introduces sweeping changes to corporate criminal liability in the UK, making organizations accountable for any criminal offense committed by senior managers acting within their authority. This expansion from limited economic crimes to all UK criminal offenses requires businesses to reassess their risk management strategies and implement robust oversight measures for senior leadership.

This post analyses a speech by the Interim Director of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) at the Global Anti-Corruption, Ethics and Compliance Conference on 3 June 2026, and highlights the key implications for corporates.

Internal investigations sit at the center of modern whistleblowing and compliance programs.

The health of workplace culture is often measured by how employees choose to raise concerns and whether they trust their organization enough to do so.

This case concerned the scope of a COT3 agreement and whether it prevented an employee from bringing a future whistleblowing detriment claim.

Our first article this month focuses on the duty to prevent sexual harassment of workers and employees in the course of their employment almost one year after it came into force.

As the law currently stands, yes, you can, although this issue has been under scrutiny in the Court of Appeal in the joined cases of Barton Turns Developments Ltd v Treadwell and Rice v Wicked Vision Ltd...

External HR professionals are often retained by employers to investigate workplace matters, such as staff grievance and disciplinary issues.