What is the Living Wage Foundation's whistle-blowing policy?

At the Living Wage Foundation, we start at a place of believing whistle-blower disclosures. However, we cannot act without evidence and so expect whistle-blowers to provide evidence (e.g. anonymised payslip) of their claim, which we work with on a strictly confidential basis and will not share, unless we have explicit consent.  

We work with Living Wage accredited employers to investigate any potential noncompliance that whistleblowing has highlighted. We expect employers to reply within two weeks and then in a time bound way to investigate and provide evidence they have resolved any issues of noncompliance, including implementing backpay, if relevant.  

It is out of our remit to act on any issues outside of Living Wage accreditation and would direct anyone towards ACAS or their trade union for further advice. Similarly, we can only act on disclosures from the person affected, unless in exceptional circumstances.