The Script
This script says that no person shall be hindered in the enjoyment of his freedom of expression, and it includes freedom to hold opinions and to receive and impart ideas and information without interference
What is the Jamaican Constitution?
The person who, whether jointly or in common with other persons, determines the purposes for which, and the manner in which any personal information are, or are to be, processed.
Who is a Data Controller?
Being unfairly: subjected to disciplinary action; dismissed; suspended or demoted; harassed; intimidated or victimized; transferred against his will; refused transfer or promotion or all examples of this that the PDA protects against.
What is Occupational Detriment?
This entity treats with hearing Sexual Harassments complaints in the first instance.
What is the Sexual Harassment Tribunal?
This Act provides that it is a crime for any public official, who has in his possession any secret official code, word, password, sketch, plan, model, article, note document, or information to communicate such information to any other person without authorization.
What is the Official Secrets Act?
This person is conferred with the requisite authority to receive, take steps to investigate or otherwise deal with any disclosure made.
Who is the Designated Officer?
A person commits an offence under this Act and could face imprisonment up to 18 months if they willfully certify any document as being a true copy or extract, knowing that the same is not a true copy or extract.
What is the Evidence Act?
This section provides that, where an employee makes a disclosure under this section, every designated officer shall keep the employee updated on the status of the investigation of the disclosure.
What is Section 13 (4) of the PDA?
An Act to ensure that the workers employed by employers are not sexually harassed in the course of their employment
What is the Sexual Harassment (Protection & Prevention) Act?
The name(s) of your presenter(s).
Who is Ruel Gibson and/or Roneiph Lawrence?
You are guilty of this offence under the PDA if you make malicious disclosures.
What is making a disclosure knowing it to be false, misleading, or reckless?
This person is not liable in any civil or criminal proceeding or to any disciplinary proceeding for investigating or otherwise dealing with a disclosure in accordance with the PDA.
Who is a Designated Officer?
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Who is a complainant?
An Act to Protect the privacy of certain data especially personal information.
What is the Data Protection Act?
In accordance with section 21(1) and 21(2) of the Protected Disclosure Act, this individual/entity is responsible for monitoring compliance with the Act
Who is the Designated Authority?
A person commits this offence when he intentionally suppresses the disclosure of an employee through fear tactics
What is preventing or intimidating an employee from making a disclosure contrary to section 23 (1) of the PDA?
A Criminal offence; failure to carry out a legal obligations; conduct that is likely to threaten the health or safety of a person; or conduct that tends to show unfair discrimination on the basis of gender, race, place of origin, social class, colour, religion or political opinion; are some of the examples of these types of behaviors that the PDA encourages employees to disclose.
What is improper Conduct?
An Act that encourages and facilitates the making by employees of specified disclosures of improper conduct in the public interest; to regulate the receiving, investigating or otherwise dealing with disclosures of improper conduct.
What is the Protected Disclosures Act?
This entity is the Designated Authority that receives complaints in relation to alleged or suspected acts of corruption and non-compliance with the Protected Disclosures Act
What/Who is the Integrity Commission?
Every person who, being lawfully sworn as a witness in a judicial proceeding, willfully makes a statement material in that proceeding, which he knows to be false or does not believe to be true, shall be guilty of this offence.
What is Perjury?
A Designated Officer, the Designated Authority and all other persons to whom a protected disclosure is made is mandated to treat with disclosure in this way to protect the discloser and the integrity of the disclosure itself.
What is Confidentiality?