Whistleblowing

Whistleblowing training from CityLearning is built around a set of compliance learning objectives to ensure your staff are trained to understand their whistleblowing obligations.

Module 1: Understanding Whistleblowing

• defines whistleblowing in the financial services context.
• distinguishes between concerns and grievances.
• outlines the UK legislation relating to whistleblowing, including the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 (PIDA) and the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013.
• recognises the criteria for a protected disclosure under the Public Interest Disclosures Act (PIDA) 1998.
• explains the importance of whistleblowing in the financial services sector.

Module 2: Making a Disclosure

• explains the tiered disclosure system under the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 (PIDA).
• outlines the procedures for internal and external reporting.
• identifies the appropriate external bodies for different types of disclosures.
• explains data protection considerations in whistleblowing.

Whistleblowing from CityLearning teaches your staff what whistleblowing is and how it is protected and encouraged within the legal context and within your company.

• Ireland

Rigorous Testing: Spot questions are used throughout the course to increase user engagement; they either probe to expand on a learner’s existing knowledge of the subject matter or reinforce key learning points. Each module ends in a short quiz and the course ends in a course test with an 80% pass mark. Questions in the course test are randomised from a choice of three so that learners may retake without getting the same questions.

Customised Content: CityLearning offers versions of Whistleblowing can be tailored to different jurisdictions. Additionally, this eLearning course can be customised with content specific to your company.

Accessibility: This course contains audio narration throughout.

Glossary of Terms: Unfamiliar terms are linked to this glossary when they are first used in the course. The glossary can be accessed at any time.

Multimedia Design: This course gets the message across with a mix of text, images, animation and video.

Interactive Content: We design our courses to keep learners engaged and thinking Whistleblowing contains:

• navigational interactive elements, such as next/back buttons and icons that reveal more content once clicked.
• learning interactive elements, including scenario-based questions.

Modular Structure: This course is broken down into short modules that take 10-15 minutes to complete, so learners can easily finish this course at their own pace.

All project personnel are highly experienced in developing generic, customised and bespoke eLearning solutions for our clients.

Our courses are regularly reviewed by Subject Matter Experts and thought leaders in the industry. The content is also reviewed by financial services regulatory consultants in the UK and a leading law firm in Ireland.

CityLearning has been creating eLearning compliance training courses for over 25 years. Our courses are accredited for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) by various bodies, including the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) in the UK and the Institute of Bankers (IOB), Life Insurance Association (LIA) and Insurance Institute of Ireland (III) in Ireland.