Whistleblowing remains a key topic for global employers. The EU Whistleblowing Directive is now in force and is due to be implemented by EU Member States. The Directive will place further obligations on companies with EU operations to adopt processes compliant with the Directive and local laws, as well as being consistent with any global corporate policies / procedures and US or other third party regimes (where applicable). This means that employers will have to be alive to the varying thresholds in different whistleblowing schemes internationally and have a heightened awareness internally of issues that can amount to whistleblowing under the different regimes. The enhanced legislative framework in the EU also shines a spotlight on whether teams tasked with investigating whistleblowing, Speak Up reports and / or deciding outcomes require specific training and skills, as well as highlighting the circumstances in which independent investigators are useful for these cases.
On top of this development, Safecall commissioned a recent whistleblowing report, as picked up recently by The HR Director, which identified findings that will give all employers, including those based only in the UK, pause for thought. The report suggests relatively low take up and awareness of whistleblowing / Speak Up mechanisms and low levels of proactive encouragement of employees to use these routes. Most concerningly, a good proportion of those surveyed still indicated that employees had little...
BRENTWOOD, Tenn. (WSMV) - A Tennessee doctor has pleaded guilty to committing millions of dollars’ worth of Medicare fraud through her Brentwood optometry practice. Helen Boerman, 48, pleaded guilt...