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NHS bosses who silence whistleblowers to be banned from health service
NHS managers who silence whistleblowers will be banned from working in other senior health service roles, the government has announced. The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is bringing forward a raft of proposals it says will ensure those who commit serious...
Increase in whistleblowing reports to council
There has been an increase in the number of whistleblowing reports made to Shropshire Council, a committee meeting has heard. During 2024-25, the authority received 28 reports compared with 23 the previous year. Whistleblowing provides a process for concerns to be...
Betrayal at the Cradle: The Childcare Abuse Crisis and Australia’s Failure of National Accountability
How Systemic Inaction and a Culture of Risk-Shifting Enabled a Predator and Put Our Children at Risk The horror revealed by the arrest of childcare worker Joshua Brown charged with more than 70 sexual offences involving eight children is not just about one predator....
University of Melbourne ordered to reinstate academic sacked for sexual harassment
This is what happens when Employers don't understand the new Respect at Work Laws and Legislation www.respectatwork.org. To many firms globally have cut corners not doing comprehensive training of Boards, Executives, Managers and HR Teams and this is the result. A...
Sexual harassment at work to be treated as a whistleblower complaint under new employment law
But no answers from the ministry on plans to cost and scope the establishment of an Office of the Whistleblower The Department for Business and Trade is changing the law to strengthen the right of people to report sexual harassment at work by making it a protective...
What we know about alleged secret FBI Trump investigation, according to whistleblower docs
What we know: Whistleblower alleges secret FBI Trump probe - Washington Times A whistleblower disclosure to the House Judiciary Committee has raised allegations about a previously undisclosed FBI operation purportedly targeting former President Donald Trump’s 2016...
Construction insiders fear speaking out against CFMEU without whistleblower protections
In short: Building industry insiders say a lack of legal protections means the CFMEU administration process will only scratch the surface of what has been happening in the sector. The construction branch of the union was forced into administration in August after...
Bath surgeon sacked after raising safety concerns
A senior surgeon has raised concerns about the way whistleblowers are dealt with, claiming he was sacked after speaking out. Serryth Colbert told the BBC that following attempts to "stop wrongdoing", he was investigated by the trust at Bath's Royal United Hospital. As...
Government culture changes ‘well underway’
Work to improve culture within the government is "well and truly underway" following a whistleblower's tribunal, the chief minister has said. Rosalind Ranson was awarded £3.19m in 2023 for unfair dismissal after being sacked as the island's medical director while...
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