2A

Whistleblowing

2A.1

A firm must inform all workers:

  1. (1) that they may disclose directly to the PRA or to the FCA anything that would be the subject-matter of a protected disclosure;
  2. (2) of what would constitute a protected disclosure;
  3. (3) that the PRA or the FCA are prescribed persons under section 43F of the Employments Rights Act 1996 and the effect of making a protected disclosure to the PRA or to the FCA; and
  4. (4) of the means available to make a protected disclosure to the PRA or the FCA.

2A.2

If the firm:

  1. (1) is a member of a group which includes a CRR firm; and
  2. (2) the CRR firm is subject to General Organisations Requirements 2A;

the firm must inform all its workers in the UK of the CRR firm’s staff disclosure channel and explain that the staff disclosure channel is available to them.