Month: July 2014

How do whistleblowing laws protect employees?

Ever since the Edward Snowden case became international news more and more people have been familiarising themselves with the legislation of whistleblowing; the decision to reveal classified information for the benefit of public interest. However, a stigma remains attached to the act of whistleblowing, with employers considering such behaviour to be deceitful to their organisation, often […]

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A workplace injury witnessed by millions

Fifa criticised by brain injury charity over World Cup semi-final incident The phrase ‘workplace head injury’ probably conjures up in most people’s minds an incident in a factory or perhaps on a building site, not the football World Cup.  But the incident involving Argentina’s Javier Mascherano in the semi-final of the World Cup in Brazil, was […]

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