Sentences with phrase «whistleblowing protection»

This also militated against the Reverend being a worker with whistleblowing protection (s43 (K) ERA).

Workers have less protection than employees, but their rights include the minimum wage, holiday pay, and discrimination / whistleblowing protection.

Not exact matches

In 2002, the Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act was enacted to make all Federal agencies accountable for violations of antidiscrimination and whistleblower protection laws and the Kirkpatrick Act of 2017 enhances disciplinary penalties for supervisors who engage in whistleblowing retaliation.

More precisely, they claim that they are entitled to basic employment rights, which include the right to be paid the national minimum wage, to receive sick pay and paid holidays and to protection against discrimination and in relation to whistleblowing, all of which are currently denied to them by Deliveroo.

Advising an international business on the implementation of data protection policies and procedures for their employees worldwide, including establishing a whistleblowing hotline, investigation protocol and dealing with issues raised through the hotline from around the world.

Sarah has an excellent reputation for providing pragmatic legal advice to employers and senior executives on a wide range of issues including reorganisation and redundancy, discipline and grievance procedures, absence and performance management, the employment law implications of buying or selling a business, protection of confidential information, whistleblowing, discrimination and restrictive covenants.

They do not need to provide riders any annual leave, the statutory minimum wage, the protections of whistleblowing legislation, the right to claim unfair dismissal or trade union recognition rights.

This judgment confirms that an incorrect analysis (even in good faith) by an employer of whether a disclosure was protected provided no protection against a whistleblowing claim.

David is generally instructed in high profile and heavyweight cases in the High Court, frequently involving conspiracy and economic torts, unlawful competition, team moves, the protection of confidential information, post-termination restraints, wrongful termination / expulsion, carried interest and bonus disputes (where he has acted in most of the landmark decisions such as Horkulak v Cantor Fitzgerald, Keen v Commerzbank and Anar v Dresdner Kleinwort), as well as claims arising in a regulatory context which raise important reputational issues, and whistleblowing and discrimination claims in the Employment Tribunal.

We also provide assistance with maternity, paternity and family friendly rights, the Working Time Regulations, data protection, employment status, whistleblowing, absence management and grievances.

Her representations, prior to joining Skadden, include advising a large multinational company that provides services to the government in relation to alleged improper distribution of profits, advising on SFO and City of London Police investigations into the company, and advising its subsidiary on the UK Bribery Act; compliance advice for a Middle Eastern sovereign wealth fund in connection with anti-money laundering and anti-corruption policies; compliance advice for a Canadian - listed mining business operating in Europe relating to whistleblowing, data protection and anti-corruption procedures; and advising media organisations in connection with the «Diana» inquiry and the Leveson Inquiry into the Media, Culture and Ethics.

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.

Our 360 - degree practice also includes LLP formation, dissolution, expulsion and retirement, changes to remuneration (bonus, carried interest and leaver status), business protection, discrimination, whistleblowing and performance management.

His expertise includes all forms of discrimination, whistleblowing, wrongful dismissal, unfair dismissal, business protection claims, disciplinary hearings, and employment - related aspects of public law.

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.

Some of these commenters were concerned that there was no protection against information later being leaked to the public or re-released after the initial whistleblowing event, and that this could put covered entities in violation of the law.

We do not find convincing commenters» arguments for narrowing or eliminating the scope of the whistleblowing which triggers this protection.

As was the case with the regulatory scheme at issue in the Federation of Law Societies case which targeted money laundering and terrorist financing, the public protection goals behind the OSC's whistleblowing policy should be lauded.

While the Canadian Criminal Code provides some degree of protection from reprisal for all Canadian employees who engage in good faith whistleblowing, the most robust protection arises in the public sector employment context.»

The subject area - specific protection (i.e., human rights, occupational health and safety, employment standards) for whistleblowers varies from province to province (source: Whistleblowing An employer's guide to global compliance).

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