Sentences with phrase «whistleblowing legislation in»

Michael: «I noticed from one of your earlier blogs that Ontario passed whistleblowing legislation in 2006, did this receive royal assent?»

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These results will be of serious concern to international businesses, particularly bearing in mind the whistleblowing provisions in the recently passed US Dodd - Frank legislation, which offer a potentially significant reward to whistleblowers whose information leads to a successful prosecution.

In Aslam v Uber, Case 2202551 / 2015 at the London Central employment tribunal this week, Judge Snelson held the claimants were «workers» and therefore entitled to 5.6 weeks of paid annual leave, sick pay, a maximum 48 - hour working week, the national minimum wage and the protection of whistleblowing legislation.

While protection against reprisals appeared as one of the new legislation's aims, many commentators regret that the adopted project does not offer increased protection to a whistleblower and will, therefore, not encourage whistleblowing in Switzerland.

As far as whistleblowing is concerned, it is important to highlight that for a long time in Italy there was not a specific legislation on whistleblowing.

On the question of employer liability for the unpleasantness of the other staff members, one problem is that, unlike the discrimination legislation, the whistleblowing provisions have no specific vicarious liability rules, but the EAT applied «ordinary» principles; in particular, they relied on Cumbria CC v Carlisle - Morgan [2007] IRLR 314.

One session in particular, on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's new whistleblowing legislation, drew a packed room with standing room only.