Agenda item - Whistleblowing Policy
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Whistleblowing Policy
- Meeting of Audit & Standards Committee, Tuesday, 17th September, 2019 4.00pm (Item 29.)
- View the background to item 29.
Report of the Lead Officer for Strategy, Governance & Law.
Decision:
1) The committee noted the information on the current arrangements for dealing with whistleblowing.
2) The Members agreed the changes proposed in paragraph 3.7 to enable Members to use the whistleblowing policy and those proposed in paragraph 3.8 to include allegations of discrimination related to protected characteristics within scope of the whistleblowing policy.
3) The Monitoring Officer is authorised to reissue the policy with the changes mentioned above.
Minutes:
29.1 Resolved: That the Audit and Standards Committee:
1) note the information on the current arrangements for dealing with whistleblowing.
2) That Members agree the changes proposed in paragraph 3.7 to enable Members to use the whistleblowing policy and those proposed in paragraph 3.8 to include allegations of discrimination related to protected characteristics within scope of the whistleblowing policy.
3) That the Monitoring Officer is authorised to reissue the policy with the changes mentioned above.
Supporting documents:
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