Young people are the least confident about coming forward to report wrongdoing they have experienced in the workplace, new research has found.
Attitudes to whistleblowing, a study by charity Protect, looked into generational differences in whistleblowing across the UK. It found 61% of people, across all age groups, would opt to speak to their line manager or supervisor if they witnessed wrongdoing or malpractice in the workplace but ‘some generations were more willing to speak up than others’.
Recording age as a data point when reviewing whistleblowing arrangements and highlighting a range of ways to raise concerns could help improve employer procedures, Protect recommended.
Younger workers aged 18-24 were less likely to raise a concern with their employer compared to every other generation. Just 8% of 18-24 year-olds said nothing would prevent them from raising whistleblowing concerns at work, compared to 22% of those aged 55 or older.
The majority (86%) of workers aged 55 and over and 80% of 45-54 year-olds said health and safety concerns would trigger reporting. The biggest area of concern for younger workers was addressing sexual harassment (67% for 18-24 year olds and 76% for 25-34 year olds).
For 35-44 year olds the priorities were health and safety (77%) and sexual harassment (77%).
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