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Speak-Up Line

The charter's route for any worker to raise a concern in confidence with the company secretary or the chair of the Audit & Risk Committee. Each report is recorded and investigated, and no worker may suffer for a report she reasonably believes to be true. Definition: Speak-Up Line · Charter §9.4 · Chapter 7 · Chapter 8

Explained in Chapter 7, Committees and Controls: The Split Purchase Orders, of Corporate Governance.

How it comes up, in Chapter 7
The Speak-Up Line is a confidential route for any worker to raise a concern. The chiller tested two duties: the quarterly review of controls and the check on Schedule B. Chapter 8 tests the Speak-Up Line and the food-safety results.
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As defined in the training board charter
the means by which any worker may report a concern in confidence to the Company Secretary or the chair of the Audit & Risk Committee under paragraph 9.4.
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