Whistleblowing Policy September 2024 - Legal Protection for Workers with Concerns at Work
In this section
- What is this about?
- What legal protection do I have?
- Will I be protected if I make a public disclosure?
- What support can I expect?
- What is the Council’s attitude to malpractice in the workplace?
- Who can blow the whistle?
- What can I blow the whistle about?
- How does the policy fit in with other Council policies?
- What if I am already involved in another HR procedure?
- How does this policy fit with the Members’ Code of Conduct?
- What if I want to make anonymous allegations?
- Is my identity kept confidential?
- How do I raise a concern?
- What happens after I have raised my concerns?
- How will we deal with your concerns?
- What happens if my concerns are not confirmed after an investigation?
- What happens if I am not happy with the Council’s response?
- Who is responsible for this policy?
- What happens to your ‘information’ and ‘personal data’?
- Appendices
Who can blow the whistle?
18. This policy applies to:
- Workers for Carmarthenshire County Council including all employees, centrally employed teachers and casual workers.
- Employees of contractors working for the Council-on-Council premises, for example, agency staff, builders, drivers.
- Those providing services under a contract or other agreement with the Council in their own premises, for example care homes.
- Voluntary workers working with the Council.
- Consultants engaged by the Council.
19. However, this policy does not cover staff on the complement of locally managed schools for which local arrangements exist. In the absence of local arrangements school governing bodies are recommended to adopt the principles contained within Welsh Government’s ‘Procedures for Whistleblowing in Schools and Model Policy’.
20. Employees and workers of the Council’s Local Authority Trading Companies (LATC) should normally raise any concerns through the LATC’s own whistleblowing procedures. Where the specific concern relates to the governance arrangement, business contract or legal agreement between the LATC and the Authority or vice versa the individual may opt to raise the matter directly with the Authority using the process described in this policy.