UK Worker Protection Act: Best practices to Protect Your Reputation

Jan Stappers is an expert in organizational whistleblowing management, data privacy, governance, risk management, and regulatory compliance. He is engaged in the development of the new ISO 37002 Standard, is a frequent speaker on subjects related to whistleblowing, and has authored various articles on new legislation concerning whistleblower protection, anti-corruption, and organizational whistleblowing best practices.  

Jan is an International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/E). He holds a Postgraduate Diploma (PGDip) from King’s College London in the United Kingdom (EU Competition Law) and a master’s degree (LL.M) from Leiden University in the Netherlands (European Law). 

Jan was recently accepted as a member into The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe’s (UNECE) “Working Party on Regulatory Cooperation and Standardization Policies.” This working party is broken into six parts and Jan is a member of the Group of Experts on Risk Management in Regulatory Systems.

Natasha is a senior employment lawyer and leads GQ|Littler’s client training practice. She has over a extensive experience in advising clients on employment relations issues and has a particular passion for diversity, equity and inclusion training in the workplace. She has a wealth of experience in delivering effective employment legal training to clients, on issues including anti-discrimination, harassment, hiring and firing, employment tribunal claims, witness preparation and managing sickness absence. She also writes frequently for legal and HR publications. Natasha previously worked at international law firm Clyde & Co LLP. During this time Natasha undertook a 6-month secondment with Towers Watson as an in-house lawyer. She has also worked as an employment lawyer for Mitie and Coca-Cola European Partners. Natasha is an accredited trainer, certified by the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM), a member of the Employment Lawyers Association (ELA), Black Solicitors Network, PEN PSL Network and a member of ELA’s Race Equality Committee.

Chris advises clients on the full spectrum of employment issues and has broad experience working on global employment projects for clients with international operations. Chris helps clients find pragmatic, commercial solutions, especially in the context of settlement negotiations and post-termination restrictions. Chris has a particular focus on the platform economy and technology sectors, having spent the latter part of 2022 on secondment to Uber’s legal team. Chris regularly advises clients in relation to redundancies, business transfers, grievances, misconduct, performance, data protection and trade union issues. He has experience in leading complex, sensitive settlement negotiations and has also worked on multiple high-value employment tribunal claims, with a particular focus on discrimination and whistleblowing.