The Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998, often referred to as the 'Whistleblowing' Act, gives workers legal protection when disclosing information relating to crimes, breaches of a legal obligation, miscarriages of justice, dangers to health and safety or the environment and to the concealing of evidence relating to any of these.
Where someone decides to ‘blow the whistle’ to a prescribed person rather than their employer, it is important that they choose the correct person or body for that particular issue.
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has recently updated the list of prescribed persons and bodies to whom a disclosure can be made. Each entry contains a brief description of the matters that can be reported to that prescribed person or body.
In addition, a person may choose to blow the whistle to their legal adviser, in the course of obtaining legal advice, or to a member of the House of Commons about any matter specified in the Public Interest Disclosure (Prescribed Persons) Order 2014. Contact details for Members of Parliament can be found on the UK Parliament website www.parliament.uk.
The updated list of prescribed persons and bodies can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/blowing-the-whistle-list-of-prescribed-people-and-bodies--2?utm_source=3678ce1b-b18b-48ce-8a8b-f3441046b38a&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications&utm_content=daily.
For help and advice on employment Law matters please contact Emma Hewitt on 0808 166 8827or email e.hewitt@sydneymitchell.co.uk
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