WHISTLEBLOWING

What is a whistleblower?

You’re a whistleblower if you’re a worker and you report certain types of wrongdoing. This will usually be something you’ve seen at work – though not always.

The wrongdoing you disclose must be in the public interest. This means it must affect others, for example the general public.

You can raise your concern at any time about any incident relating to the company or its products that happened in the past, is happening now or you believe will happen in the near future.

Making your claim anonymously or confidentially

You can tell your senior management or designated person appointed by the senior management team anonymously, but they may not be able to take the claim further if you have not provided all the information they need.

You can give your name but request confidentiality – the person or body you tell should make every effort to protect your identity.

If you report your concern to the media, in most cases you’ll lose your whistleblowing law rights.

Who to tell and what to expect?

You can tell your senior management or designated person appointed by the senior management team – they may have a whistleblowing policy that tells you what to expect if you report your concern to them. You can still report your concern to them if they do not have a policy.

What your employer or a prescribed person will do

Your senior management or designated person appointed by the senior management team will read your concern and decide if any action is needed. You may be asked for further information.

You must say straight away if you do not want anyone else to know it was you who raised the concern.

You will not have a say in how your concern is dealt with.

Your senior management or designated person appointed by the senior management team can keep you informed about the action they’ve taken, but they cannot give you much detail if they have to keep the confidence of other people.

If you do wish to make a complaint via whistleblowing fill in the form below.

To make it confidential please ensure you don’t enclose any personal information. Once you have completed the form and have put as much information as possible, press “SEND”. Your complaint will be strictly confidential and actioned. If you have logged your contact details, then you will be responded to.

Please give as much detail about the wrong doing you have seen