A colleague and I raised concerns at Easter that our employer doesn't have any tracking and control procedures or central documents that allow the management to ensure that their employees are going the necessary ref. health and safety management obligations to our clients.
Our professional bodies advise that if we become aware of any non-compliances, we have to notify them within 48 hours if the responsible party doesn't deal with them.
Colleague went through his accounts in depth last week (has been with the company for about 6 months) and found a lot of very serious non-compliances. He phoned me to blow off steam, advising he was going straight to our professional body to inform them.
I'm fairly familiar with our company's HR policies (very generic/standard ACAS) and I suggested that he might want to check the whistleblowing policy as this suggests that you have to give the employer an opportunity to resolve first, rather than going straight to the regulatory body.
He did this today: employer's reaction was to treat his report (which he clearly stated as being raised informally in line with whistleblowing policy) as a formal grievance and they've put him on gardening leave today and tomorrow.
They have scheduled a formal grievance hearing for tomorrow (approx. 28 hours after he raised the concerns).
Setting aside my opinion on what a daft managerial approach this is, can anyone advise whether this reaction is acceptable ref. ACAS guidelines on how to handle an employee wanting to whistleblow and secondarily, if the grievance route is valid, giving the employee 28 hours to prepare and putting on gardening leave? Thanks in advance.
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Quick advice for tomorrow AM please - Whistleblowing/Grievance - Company Non-Compliant with H&S Work Act
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MrsBertMacklin · 21/07/2014 22:55
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