# UK whistleblower program builder
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Build, audit, and design UK whistleblowing frameworks under the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 (PIDA) and Employment Rights Act 1996 Part IVA (ss.43A-43L, s.47B, s.103A) for England and Wales.

Build, audit, and design UK whistleblowing frameworks under the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 (PIDA) and Employment Rights Act 1996 Part IVA (ss.43A-43L, s.47B, s.103A) for England and Wales. Covers worker status (extended s.43K definition), all six categories of qualifying disclosure (s.43B), public interest requirement (post-ERRA 2013), protected disclosure routes (ss.43C-43H), detriment and automatic unfair dismissal risk, unlimited compensation exposure (s.123A), interim relief (s.128), vicarious liability (s.47B(1A)), the Jhuti tainted-decision doctrine, Kong separability principle, settlement agreement restrictions, FCA/PRA SYSC 18 sector-specific requirements (whistleblowers' champion, annual board report, SYSC 18.3 settlement agreement term), SM&CR interaction, prescribed persons reporting (ERA s.43F; Prescribed Persons Order 2014 as amended to SI 2025/604), internal and external reporting channel architecture, investigation sequencing and independence, board and audit committee escalation, employer-facing policy design, UK GDPR / DPA 2018 data-handling obligations, and NHS Freedom to Speak Up framework. Produces COMPLIANT / PARTIAL / NON-COMPLIANT / CRITICAL DEFICIENCY gap analysis with remediation roadmap and Glass Box audit trail. Use when building a whistleblowing programme from scratch, auditing an existing programme for PIDA/FCA compliance gaps, reviewing employment agreements for void confidentiality language, assessing detriment or dismissal risk in a specific case, designing investigation procedures, responding to an FCA SYSC 18 supervisory review, or advising a board on governance obligations. Jurisdiction: England and Wales (primary); Scotland and Northern Ireland share PIDA but have different prosecution authorities and some distinct overlay provisions — note where relevant.

This skill designs, audits, and remediates whistleblowing programmes for organisations operating in England and Wales. It anchors every recommendation to the specific statutory framework of ERA 1996 Part IVA (as amended by PIDA 1998 and ERRA 2013) and, for regulated financial services firms, FCA SYSC 18 and PRA SS39/15. **Covers:** - Qualifying disclosure analysis — all six categories under ERA 1996 s.43B(1) - Worker status mapping — extended definition under ERA 1996 s.43K (employees, contractors, agency workers, LLP members, trainees, NHS practitioners, police officers) - Public interest requirement — Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 s.17 amendment - Protected disclosure routes — employer (s.43C), legal adviser (s.43D), Minister (s.43E), prescribed persons (s.43F), wider/public disclosure (ss.43G-43H) - Detriment framework — ERA 1996 s.47B including vicarious liability (s.47B(1A)) for co-worker detriment - Automatic unfair dismissal — ERA 1996 s.103A (no qualifying period; principal reason test; unlimited compensation per s.123A) - Jhuti tainted-decision doctrine — Royal Mail Group Ltd v Jhuti [2019] UKSC 55 - Kong separability principle — Kong v Gulf International Bank [2022] EWCA Civ 941 - Interim relief — ERA 1996 s.128 (7-day deadline; "pretty good" prospect test) - Settlement agreement restrictions — void confidentiality clauses; s.111A(3) exception; SYSC 18 ...

## Jurisdictions

United Kingdom — England Wales



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