See, Hear and Speak Up

The UK’s Public Information Disclosure Act 1998 was introduced in order to ensure there was comprehensive protection in place for employees so that they could come forward and report serious wrongdoing in their workplace, by making a ‘protected disclosure’, without fear of being victimised or even dismissed.

Protected disclosures included disclosures such as reporting that a criminal offence had been committed, a failure to comply with statutory legislation or that a miscarriage of justice has occurred.