Internal reporting, external reporting and public disclosure

1. Regulatory Concept & Core Standards

This video's topic is internal reporting, external reporting and public disclosure. By the end, you should be able to distinguish the reporting route’s legal role from its provider. We will connect the information available, the criterion guiding the decision and the action that must be recorded. Follow the case and compare your answer with the proposed response. Protection depends on statutory conditions. An organisation may accept broader concerns through its channel, but receipt does not automatically confer every TÕRTKS safeguard. Assess work-related context, subject matter, reporting route and reasonable grounds.

Section 4 permits external reporting without prior internal reporting. Competence follows the authority’s statutory supervisory or investigative role under section 6. Public disclosure has separate section 12 conditions. An employer’s channel hosted by an outside supplier may remain internal.

Apply the following rule: Section 4(4) permits direct external reporting. Under section 6, competence follows the relevant statutory supervisory or offence-procedure powers. No authority handles every subject. Public disclosure requires the separate section 12 conditions. Using a technology provider does not turn an employer channel into an official external channel.

2. Practical Implementation & Procedure

Identify the recipient, powers and procedure. Check the official route. For public disclosure, assess the statutory danger, previous external handling or other conditions. Do not require employer permission for external reporting. Before moving on, turn this procedure into a sequence you could explain to a colleague. Identify the first check, the action that depends on its outcome and the record that allows the decision to be reconstructed. Follow the sequence on screen and identify the point where an error would change the result.

3. Case Study & Compliance Action

One worker fears internal pressure and seeks the competent authority. Another wants to publish documents on social media. The different routes require different checks. Now read the case carefully. Separate established facts from information you would still need to confirm. Do not add motives or events that have not been described. This distinction matters when choosing a response proportionate to the information available.

The exercise is as follows: Does an external software provider make an employer channel an official external route? Choose an answer and write one sentence explaining it. During the pause, compare your choice with the criteria we have just considered. Also think about the material you would retain to explain the decision later.

No. The recipient’s legal function determines the route. Hosting supplies neither public supervisory powers nor satisfaction of disclosure conditions.

One mistake to avoid is: confusing server location with the legal reporting route.

Now apply the national rule to a second decision. An advice page is listed as the only recipient for every report. What needs verification?

Check the recipient’s powers over the particular breach and official reporting method. Advice, intake and investigation may differ. Section 4(4) permits external reporting without prior internal reporting. Public-disclosure conditions remain separate.