Independent UK Whistleblowing Commission recommends improvements

In November 2013 the Whistleblowing Commission, convened by the London-based whistleblower support NGO Public Concern at Work, released 25 recommendations for improving whistleblowing in UK workplaces.

Chief among the recommendations made by the Whistleblowing Commission is the adoption of a Code of Practice, drafted by the Commission, which could be taken into consideration by courts and tribunals considering whistleblowing cases.

These recommendations coincide with a formal government review of the UK’s Public Interest Disclosure Act of 1998, considered on paper to be among the strongest whistleblower protection laws in the world.

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