Whistleblowing
Protected disclosures, the mandatory internal channel and the statutory clocks, written for the person who is usually the designated recipient.
- Format
- Web-based (SCORM)
- Duration
- About 30 minutes, pause anytime
- Assessment
- Randomised question bank
- Certificate
- Timestamped, CPD accredited
- Audience
- All staff + recipients
- Refresh
- Annual re-enrolment, automatic
What the course covers
5 focused sections, each built on the Irish legal position rather than generic principles, then a randomised exam and your certificate.
Legal basis: Protected Disclosures Act 2014, as amended 2022
Protected disclosures carry statutory deadlines
Seven days, then three months
The Protected Disclosures Act requires acknowledgement within seven days and feedback within three months. The clock starts on receipt.
Channels are mandatory
Employers above the threshold must maintain internal reporting channels. Not having one is itself a breach.
Penalisation is actionable
Penalising a reporting person exposes the firm to compensation of up to five years’ remuneration at the WRC.
Confidentiality is protected
The reporting person’s identity must be protected. Disclosing it, even informally, undermines the whole regime.
How it is assessed
Every learner sits a randomised exam drawn from a larger question bank, so no two people see the same paper and sharing answers gets nobody anywhere.
- Questions rotate per learner from the bank
- Pass mark set for genuine competence
- Learners can pause and resume at any point
- Retakes available without starting the course again
What you can evidence
The certificate is the point. It is issued automatically on a pass and lands straight in your audit trail.
- Learner name, completion date and exam score
- Course outline and the exact version taken
- CPD hours, ready for a professional CPD log
- One-click audit export across your whole team
About 30 minutes, including the randomised exam. It runs in any browser with nothing to install, learners can pause and resume, and the certificate is issued the moment they pass.
Yes. The course carries CPD accreditation codes issued by the LIA and the IOB, and every certificate states the course outline, completion date, exam score and CPD hours, ready for a professional CPD log or the firm’s training file.
All staff + recipients. It is written for Irish regulated firms, to the Irish legal position.
Protected Disclosures Act 2014, as amended 2022. The content is written to that legal position rather than to a generic international syllabus, and the certificate records the version taken.
Yes. Upload a list or share an invite link, track completions on the Harrington Hub dashboard, let automatic reminders chase the stragglers, and export every certificate and score in one click when an auditor or the regulator asks.
Put Whistleblowing on your audit trail.
Book a demo and we will show the course, the randomised exam and the certificate, with your team's names on the dashboard.