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Whistleblowers deterred by company culture

Research by law firm Freshfields has found that despite   whistleblowing becoming more standardised practice in workplaces around the world organisational culture still deters large numbers of employees from taking this step. ​In a survey of …

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​Report calls on employers and government to “up their game” on mental health in the workplace

A report by Lord Dennis Stevenson and Paul Farmer has urged employers to do more to look after the mental health of their workforce. Estimating that poor mental health costs employers between £33 billion and …

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Case law updates

Non-executive directors held personally liable for whistleblower’s compensation award

In International Petroleum Limited and others v Osipov and others, the EAT found that two non-executive directors were jointly and severally liable with the employer company for £1.7m of compensation awarded to a whistleblower in respect of his …

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Half of staff ‘witness unethical behaviour at work’

The survey of 1,000 UK professionals by charity A Blueprint for Better Business has found that more than half have witnessed, or been asked to do, something unethical at work. It revealed that just 2 …

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Tribunal Fees declared unlawful – what will be the impact?

​The Supreme Court’s ruling that Tribunal fees are unlawful has caused much speculation about possible impact, although whether the more eye-catching forecasts  of a “tsunami of claims” will happen remains to be seen. Here, B3sixty …

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Research perspectives

HR decision-makers concerned about workplace sexism

A YouGov survey of 800 HR decision-makers, carried out on behalf of the charity Young Women’s Trust, has found that 12 per cent of those working for large employers knew sexual harassment in their companies …

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