Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 13094

Disclosure of Information

Tabled: 6 November 2024
Answered: 14 November 2024

Question

Phil Brickell

LabourBolton West

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will expand the list of prescribed people for whistleblowing to include (a) job applicants, (b) trustees, (c) independent contractors and (d) trade union representatives.

Answer

Justin Madders
The whistleblowing framework enables workers to seek redress if they are dismissed or suffer detriment because they have made a ‘protected disclosure’. The standard employment law definition of worker has been extended to provide whistleblowing protection...

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