2
Whistleblowing
2.1
A firm must establish, maintain and implement appropriate and effective arrangements for the disclosure of reportable concerns by a person, including a firm’s employee, internally through a specific, independent and autonomous channel.
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2.2
The channel in 2.1 may be provided through arrangements with third parties, including social partners, subject to any applicable requirement in Conditions Governing Business 7.
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2.4
A firm must inform all workers:
- (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) of what could constitute a protected disclosure;
- (3) that the PRA and the FCA are prescribed persons under section 43F of the Employment Rights Act 1996 and the effect of making a protected disclosure to the PRA or to the FCA; and
- (4) of the means available to make a protected disclosure to the PRA or the FCA.
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2.5
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2.6
A firm must ensure that nothing in any employment contract or settlement agreement, including any other related or ancillary documentation, between the firm and a worker relating to the worker’s employment with the firm, entered into after the date on which these rules come into effect, prevents or discourages the worker from:
- (1) making a protected disclosure, including to the PRA; and
- (2) making a further protected disclosure connected to a protected disclosure already made under (1).
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