Issue - meetings

To receive a report from the Internal Audit Manager.

The Internal Audit Manager submitted the Confidential Reporting Code (Whistleblowing Policy), which formed part of the Council’s Constitution, for review. The Code sets out how to raise serious concerns about any aspect of the Council’s work, who to raise them with and how they should be dealt with.

The Code was available on the Council’s intranet; a bright orange leaflet was posted on every internal notice board and regular reminders were given to staff of its existence.

The Committee recommended that the words harassment and bullying be included on the poster to increase awareness of those problems in the workplace. Furthermore the Committee asked for the inclusion of user friendly links on the leaflets as currently the link would be difficult for members of staff to remember.

Resolved to note and approve the Confidential Reporting Code (Whistleblowing Policy) as submitted.