Parliament to outsource whistleblowing procedure amid bullying claims

Parliament to outsource whistleblowing procedure amid bullying claims

Posted by Admin on 07 April 2018

Extracts from an article by Rhiannon Curry, business reporter for The Telegraph.

“Parliamentary authorities are to outsource complaint and whistle-blowing processes for the staff of MPs and peers after widespread bullying was revealed in Westminster.

An initial tender notice for a contract has been circulated, data company Tussell found, and although the contract has not yet been given a value, Parliament’s accounting officer David Natzler estimated in a memo earlier this year that such a move could cost the taxpayer up to £500,000 annually.

Parliament has been forced to consider outsourcing its human resources services after a survey of parliamentary staff at the end of 2017 found that one in five people working in Westminster had faced sexual harassment.”

Read the full article on The Telegraph website.