SYSC 18.5 1Settlement agreements with workers
A firm must include a term in any settlement agreement with a worker that makes clear that nothing in such an agreement prevents a worker from making a protected disclosure.
- (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 compliance with SYSC 18.5.1R.
- (1)
Firms must not request that workers enter into warranties which require them to disclose to the firm that:
- (a)
they have made a protected disclosure; or
- (b)
they know of no information which could form the basis of a protected disclosure.
- (a)
- (2)
Firms must not use measures intended to prevent workers from making protected disclosures.