Related provisions for SYSC 18.1.1B
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(1) A firm must have appropriate procedures in place for its employees to report breaches internally through a specific, independent and autonomous channel.(2) The channel in (1) may be provided through arrangements provided for by social partners, subject to the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 and the Employment Rights Act 1996 to the extent that they apply.[Note: article 71(3) of CRD]
(1) Firms may use the following wording, or alternative wording which has substantively the same meaning, in any settlement agreement:“For the avoidance of doubt, nothing precludes [name of worker] from making a “protected disclosure” within the meaning of Part 4A (Protected Disclosures) of the Employment Rights Act 1996. This includes protected disclosures made about matters previously disclosed to another recipient.”(2) Compliance with (1) may be relied on as tending to establish
(1) 1A MiFID investment firm2 (except a collective portfolio management investment firm) must have appropriate procedures in place for its employees to report a potential or actual breach of:(a) any rule which implemented2MiFID; or(b) a requirement imposed by MiFIR or any onshored regulation which was previously an2EU regulation adopted under MiFID or MiFIR.(2) The procedures in (1) must enable employees to report internally through a specific, independent and autonomous channel.(3)
In accordance with section 1 of PIDA:(1) a "protected disclosure" is a qualifying disclosure which meets the relevant requirements set out in part 4A of the Employment Rights Act 19963;3(2) a "qualifying disclosure" is a disclosure, made in the public interest3, of information which, in the reasonable belief of the worker making the disclosure, tends to show that one or more of the following (a "failure") has been, is being, or is likely to be, committed:3(a) a criminal offence;
(1) A firm must establish, implement and maintain appropriate and effective arrangements for the disclosure of reportable concerns by whistleblowers.(2) The arrangements in (1) must at least:(a) be able effectively to handle disclosures of reportable concerns including: (i) where the whistleblower has requested confidentiality or has chosen not to reveal their identity; and(ii) allowing for disclosures to be made through a range of communication methods; (b) ensure the effective