15 April 2025, 08:48

By Liz Gardiner

When someone blows the whistle at work they rightly expect action will be taken and their concerns will be followed up and investigated.

It takes courage to call out something that doesn’t look right – and whistleblowers provide a gift of information to their employer so they can stop what’s happening, whether it’s financial fraud or sexual harassment.

But currently there is a gap in the law that means employers don’t have to do anything at all. Too often, rather than the wrongdoing, it’s the whistleblower who gets investigated, a classic case of shooting the messenger.

But there is an opportunity to change this with the government’s landmark Employment Rights Bill moving through Parliament – and cross-party support is growing to make sure whistleblowing gets the attention it........

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