Online Whistleblower Rights and Protections Training Course

Did you know these facts about ‘blowing the whistle’?

• Only 1 in 3 people who witness serious wrongdoing report it
• 73% of whistleblowers first raise concerns with their immediate supervisor
• The most common reports are for corporate disclosures, fraud and manipulation

Course Overview

This online course on whistleblower rights and protections will help employees, contractors, and volunteers identify and call out misconduct and harmful behaviour. It will help people come forward with their concerns and ensure they understand their rights and protections if they do.

This online whistleblower rights and protections course is legally compliant and kept up to date with legislation for all states and territories in Australia and New Zealand. It has been written in partnership with Mills Oakley Law Firm for Australia and Simpson Grierson for New Zealand.

Course Target audience

This whistleblower training is suitable for all people or groups, including employees, contractors and volunteers.

Topics covered

The following topics are covered in this whistleblower online learning:

• What is whistleblowing
• What activities need to be disclosed
• Making a disclosure
• Protections for whistleblowers
• Creating a whistleblowing culture

Duration

This whistleblower rights and protections eLearning course will take approximately 15 minutes to complete.

Learner experience

This online course for whistleblower rights and protections is simple to navigate, easy to understand and will accommodate all learning styles. It can be delivered through the Sentrient online workplace compliance system or human resource management platform or via your existing learning management system if you already have one. During this whistleblower training, learners will undertake case studies and learning activities to reinforce practical ways to ensure they understand their rights and protections if they ‘blow the whistle’. At the end of this whistleblower course, there is a short online assessment. There is also a declaration that everyone who becomes aware of misconduct, dishonesty or illegal activity will report it.

Learning outcomes

At the end of this course for whistleblower rights and protections, your employees, contractors and volunteers will be able to:

• Understand what whistleblowing is
• Know what kind of conduct can be disclosed
• Identify and call out misconduct and harmful behaviour
• Be aware of the protections for whistleblowers
• Recognise that whistleblowing is everyone’s responsibility

Business outcomes

Once your people have completed this online whistleblower course, you will achieve the following benefits:

• Prevent misconduct, dishonest and illegal activity
• Ensure wrongdoings are reported in a timely manner
• Enable everyone to contribute to ethical decision-making
• Be able to meet your legal obligations for whistleblowing
• Build trust with your colleagues, customers and suppliers, and the community
• Promote a workplace culture that encourages everyone to act with integrity

Other related online compliance courses

The whistleblower rights and protections training can be completed as stand-alone eLearning, or it can be rolled out with other Sentrient online workplace compliance training at induction and as regular refresher training. Other compliance topics by Sentrient include equal employment opportunity, ergonomics, internet and social media, manual handling, privacy, sexual harassment, work health and safety and workplace bullying.