[IER] Special offer: Public Interest Whistleblowing: Twelve Years of the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998

Wed Jun 26 14:25:49 BST 2013

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Special offer: Public Interest Whistleblowing: Twelve Years of the Public
Interest Disclosure Act

<http://www.ier.org.uk/publications/public-interest-whistleblowing-twelve-ye
ars-public-interest-disclosure-act-1998>
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<http://www.ier.org.uk/publications/public-interest-whistleblowing-twelve-ye
ars-public-interest-disclosure-act-1998> Buy it now

Author: Catherine Hobby
Senior Lecturer at the University of East London's School of Law and Social
Sciences

Now on special offer - just £5!

Changes to whistleblowing law introduced through the Enterprise and
Regulatory Reform Act (ERRA) came into effect yesterday (25 June 2013).
<http://www.ier.org.uk/news/whistleblowing-changes-come-effect> Click here
for more information.

Catherine Hobby, who helped to found whistleblowing charity Public Concern
at Work, authored an analysis of the impact of the Public Interest
Disclosure Act 1998 through the Institute of Employment Rights. It is now on
sale for £5.

In it, Hobby argues for: 

·         a public information campaign promoting the Act- there is little
recognition of what it means;

·         the public interest in disclosure needs recognition. Trade unions
have a strong role in nurturing understanding of the law in the workplace.

“One in four employees is aware of misconduct in the workplace, but more
than half of them (52%) keep silent. Illegality and dangerous practice will
continue unchecked if a workplace suppresses dissent. Whistleblowing is
clearly an activity in the public interest and for the collective good. An
urgent review of the area and the provisions of PIDA in particular should be
undertaken in recognition of this," she says.

Since the changes to the law were introduced by the ERRA, the Catherine has
taken part in a public consultation, in which she wrote
<http://www.ier.org.uk/resources/response-whistleblowing-commission-strength
ening-law-and-policy> this response on behalf of the IER.

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