Legal: Whistleblower policy - Policy - Other Protections

Submitted by Connie on Wed, 09/14/2022 - 10:44
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Whistleblowers are protected from the following liabilities in relation to a disclosure under this Policy:

(a) civil liability (e.g. any legal action against a person for breach of an employment contract, duty of confidentiality or other contractual obligation);

(b) criminal liability (e.g. attempted prosecution for unlawfully releasing information, or other use of the disclosure against a person in a prosecution (other than for making a false disclosure)); or

(c) administrative liability (e.g. disciplinary action for making the disclosure); and

(d) no contractual or other remedy may be enforced or exercised against a person based on the disclosure.