16 Dec, 2024 Financial rewards for whistleblowers in the UK - the calls for reform grow louder By Ben Morgan Holly Insley Alice Brindle Caroline Doherty de Novoa +1 more... Show less The drumbeat of calls for the UK to introduce a programme of whistleblower incentivisation continues to grow louder. In our view, a...
31 Oct, 2024 Penny for your thoughts? A US and UK take on incentivising financial crime reporting By Ben Morgan Eric Bruce Justin Simeone Alice Brindle +1 more... Show less On both sides of the Atlantic, law enforcement agencies are showing increasing interest in using incentivisation as a means to detect...
21 Jun, 2024 Workforce-related tax investigations: watch out for your workers By Helen Buchanan Philipp Redeker Cyril Valentin Laura Western Louis-Antoine Jacquet +2 more... Show less There are, of course, an infinite number of things that can prompt a tax investigation or audit – but within that plethora of...
22 May, 2024 Whistleblowing: (Financial) incentives and external reporting in focus By Holly Insley Moritz Pellmann Adam Siegel Chantelle Nicholas Eva Noll Alessandra Scalise Nicholas Schoch +4 more... Show less Whistleblowing remains high on the agenda of authorities, and therefore companies, need to watch – and continuously adapt to – new...
11 Apr, 2024 FCPA Enforcement Outlook and Latest Compliance Guidance By Daniel Cendan Justin Simeone Grace Brody Over the past year, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) has remained an important fixture in the enforcement and compliance...
14 Feb, 2024 Sexism in the City: the FCA's latest efforts to tackle non-financial misconduct in the workplace By Holly Insley Chantelle Nicholas Anika Prasad 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...
14 Dec, 2023 Freshfields whistleblowing survey 2023: Anonymous whistleblowing in UK financial services firms - are managers’ views at odds with the regulators? By Chantelle Nicholas Sharon Grennan In the UK, both the main UK financial regulators (the FCA and PRA) have detailed rules on the systems and controls that financial...
06 Dec, 2023 Freshfields whistleblowing survey 2023: Spotlight on trends in the healthcare sector By Holly Insley Amelia Lamp In October, we published the results of the Freshfields whistleblowing survey 2023, which gathered the views of over 2,500 individuals...
04 Dec, 2023 Freshfields whistleblowing survey 2023: Are whistleblowers turning away from internal reporting? By Harriet Gaillard Alice Brindle Rufus Stirling Emily Darlow +1 more... Show less The impact of an employee blowing the whistle externally can be significant. Not only can it spin the narrative out of an organisation’s...
29 Nov, 2023 Freshfields whistleblowing survey 2023: Spotlight on the EU By Holly Insley Eva-Maria Schwarzer Laura Llangozi Amy Rentell Amelia Lamp +2 more... Show less This article was originally published on 29 November 2023 on 'Thomson Reuters Regulatory Intelligence' by Thomson Reuters. © Thomson...
10 Nov, 2023 Freshfields whistleblowing survey 2023: Spotlight on whistleblowing trends in Hong Kong By Stephanie Chiu Rachel Harris The results of the latest Freshfields whistleblowing survey suggest that attitudes towards whistleblowing remain positive in Hong Kong....
25 Oct, 2023 Freshfields whistleblowing survey 2023: Impact of hybrid and remote working on speak-up culture By Matthew Bruce Christina Franzese Jiaxu Yao In recent years, many companies have adopted remote and hybrid working models. In light of the increasing pressure on companies to both...