The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 introduced changes to the laws on whistleblowing in order to:

• ensure people only blow the whistle on matters of public interest;
• allow whistleblowing claims through the Employment Tribunal system without being too easily dismissed on the ground that disclosures were not made in good faith; and
• introduce protection from suffering a detriment by a co-worker for making a protected disclosure.

Following these changes, the Government is now carrying out a detailed review of the legislation to see if there is a case for making further changes to the existing framework. The majority of the legislation has not been reviewed since its introduction in 1998 and the intention is to look for specific areas that may need amending as a result of changes to the labour market that have occurred since then.



The closing date for responses is 1 November 2013.