The most effective way to protect a whistleblower is often to shield their identity while investigating the concerns they have raised. If staff are not confident their confidentiality will be protected this can be hugely stressful for the individual and can make other staff reluctant to come forward in the future.
To provide support in this area Protect has produced a comprehensive guide encompassing everything an employer needs to know about whistleblower confidentiality. Find out more here:
protect-advice.org.uk/whistleblower-confidentiality-guide/
In this webinar, held to launch the guide, a panel of experts discuss the challenges both whistleblowers and employers face in this space, and what best practice looks like among organisations. The speakers are Andrew Pepper-Parsons, Director of Policy and Communications at Protect; Andy Noble, Head of Speak Up at NatWest Group; Tim Smith, Operations Director at Safecall and Tina Russell, HR Consultant.