The Employment Rights Bill (ERB) was first published in October 2024, back in the early months of the new Labour Government which was...
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The drumbeat of calls for the UK to introduce a programme of whistleblower incentivisation continues to grow louder. In our view, a...
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On both sides of the Atlantic, law enforcement agencies are showing increasing interest in using incentivisation as a means to detect...
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There are, of course, an infinite number of things that can prompt a tax investigation or audit – but within that plethora of...
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Whistleblowing remains high on the agenda of authorities, and therefore companies, need to watch – and continuously adapt to – new...
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Over the past year, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) has remained an important fixture in the enforcement and compliance...
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The FCA has taken another notable step as part of its efforts to crack down on non-financial misconduct in the workplace. As we noted in...
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In the UK, both the main UK financial regulators (the FCA and PRA) have detailed rules on the systems and controls that financial...
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In October, we published the results of the Freshfields whistleblowing survey 2023, which gathered the views of over 2,500 individuals...
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The impact of an employee blowing the whistle externally can be significant. Not only can it spin the narrative out of an organisation’s...
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This article was originally published on 29 November 2023 on 'Thomson Reuters Regulatory Intelligence' by Thomson Reuters. © Thomson...
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The results of the latest Freshfields whistleblowing survey suggest that attitudes towards whistleblowing remain positive in Hong Kong....