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Employment Flash - March 2024

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 3/25/2024

In this issue of Employment Flash: the new DOL rule on independent contractors, SCOTUS’s unanimous Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower ruling, plus labor law developments in California, Delaware, D.C., New York, the EU, Germany and...more

White collar crime enforcement in Germany: trends and developments

A&O Shearman on 1/11/2024

German authorities have intensified and accelerated their enforcement activities in 2023, following a slowdown of both investigations and court proceedings during the pandemic. This had led to a surge of dawn-raids in...more

Whistleblowing in Germany: what employers need to know

Ius Laboris on 8/18/2023

Germany’s new Whistleblower Protection Act is now in force. Large and medium-sized companies need to act quickly to comply and avoid possible fines....more

German Whistleblower Protection Act: Considerations for Companies

Latham & Watkins LLP on 6/8/2023

Companies operating in Germany should implement reporting mechanisms or adapt their existing ones to comply with the new legal requirements. The German Whistleblower Protection Act (Hinweisgeberschutzgesetz — HinSchG)...more

German Whistleblower Protection Law Brings New Obligations for Companies - What Employers Need to Know Now

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 5/25/2023

With a delay of almost one and a half years, the German legislator has implemented the so-called Whistleblower Directive (Directive (EU) 2019/1937) into German law: In mid-December 2022, the German Bundestag had passed the...more

Whistleblower Protection Act Update - Resolution of the German Federal Council (Bundesrat)

McDermott Will & Emery on 5/16/2023

Düsseldorf, May 12, 2023 – Today, the German Federal Council (Bundesrat) approved the act on the implementation of the Whistleblower Directive (“German Whistleblower Protection Act” – HinSchG), after several delays and...more

Introduction of Comprehensive Whistleblower Protection Systems: The Federal Cabinet's Draft on Whistleblower Protection Obliges...

K&L Gates LLP on 9/2/2022

On 27 July 2022, the federal cabinet adopted the draft for a Whistleblower Protection Act (HinSchG). This draft is intended to implement Directive (EU) 2019/1937 of the European Parliament and the council of 23 October 2019...more

Whistleblowing

McDermott Will & Emery on 8/4/2022

Gesetzentwurf der Bundesregierung für ein Hinweisgeberschutzgesetz - Die Bundesregierung hat am 27. Juli 2022 einen Entwurf für ein „Gesetz für einen besseren Schutz hinweisgebender Personen sowie zur Umsetzung der...more

What Options Do German Employers Have When Setting Up Internal Whistleblowing Units?

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 7/22/2022

As early as December 2019, the European Union’s Directive (EU) RL 2019/1937 (colloquially called the “Whistleblower Directive”) was adopted at the European level. This directive aims to strengthen the protection of persons...more

One step closer to mandatory whistleblower systems in Germany

White & Case LLP on 7/5/2022

Following Germany's initial attempt last year to implement the EU Whistleblower Directive (Directive (EU) 2019/1937), aimed at ensuring harmonized and improved protection of whistleblowers throughout Europe, the Federal...more

NAVEX Next Virtual Conference – Whistleblowing Round Up

NAVEX on 6/30/2022

On 9 June 2022, NAVEX hosted the 2022 European Risk and Compliance Virtual Conference, in which industry leaders and experts came together to discuss all the latest news, trends, updates and challenges surrounding company...more

Germany's new draft bill to transpose the EU Whistleblower Protection Directive

Hogan Lovells on 4/8/2022

Germany's Federal Ministry of Justice submitted a new draft bill to transpose the EU Whistleblower Protection Directive. The EU Whistleblower Protection Directive should have been transposed by 17 December 2021 already. This...more

The coalition agreement is out – the guidelines for German labor law are set for the next four years

Littler on 11/30/2021

On Wednesday, November 24, 2021, the newly formed coalition of the Liberals, Greens and the Social Democrats, which will lead Germany during the next four years, presented its coalition agreement. In negotiations lasting a...more

[Webinar] Compliance & Investigations: Whistleblowing as Part of Corporate Compliance in the EU - October 20th, 4:00 pm CEST

World Law Group on 10/19/2021

Join World Law Group's Compliance & Investigations Group for a Zoom meeting where panelists will discuss whistleblowing as part of corporate compliance and the legal requirements in the EU. Dr. Rebekka Krause, Fabien Pomart...more

Investing in European Healthcare - What's on the Horizon for 2022? - Regulatory and Legal Changes

McDermott Will & Emery on 9/20/2021

Today’s global healthcare marketplace is marked by unprecedented transformation. The seismic shifts in healthcare delivery and drug development during COVID-19 have, in 2021, continued to demonstrate the power and capacity...more

The New German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (With a View Across the Border)

McDermott Will & Emery on 7/13/2021

On 11 June 2021, the German Federal Parliament approved the draft bill on corporate due diligence in supply chains (Supply Chain Due Diligence Act), which was approved by the German Federal Council without any changes on 25...more

[Webinar] Masterclass: Hinweisgeberschutzgesetz- sind Sie vorbereitet? - June 8th, 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm CET

Reveal on 6/1/2021

Das BMJV hat den Entwurf zum Hinweisgeberschutzgesetz (HinSchG) veröffentlicht und setzt damit die EU -Whisteleblowing-Richtline um. Ab den 17. Dezember 2021 müssen Unternehmen und Behörden ein Hinweisgebersystem...more

Whistleblower protection in Germany to be expanded beyond EU law requirements

A&O Shearman on 3/23/2021

Companies in Germany should be aware of Germany’s looming implementation of the EU Whistleblowing Directive (Directive (EU) 2019/1937). The now available first working draft bill for a Whistleblower Protection Act...more

Neues zum Whistleblowing – Meinungsfreiheit und Staatsbürgerpflicht vs. Loyalität im Arbeitsverhältnis

McDermott Will & Emery on 2/18/2021

Zumeist sind es Arbeitnehmer, die Missstände oder Straftaten melden, welche ihnen im Zusammenhang mit ihrem Arbeitsverhältnis bekannt geworden sind. Mangels ausdrücklicher gesetzlicher Regelung besteht jedoch für Arbeitnehmer...more

The Fourth Estate and Wirecard

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist on 6/24/2020

It is one thing to wake up and find yourself as the lead story on a Sunday morning when the New York Times (NYT) runs a corruption story about your organization above the fold. It is quite another when the world’s top...more

Littler Lightbulb: Highlighting Recent Developments Across Europe

Littler on 10/23/2019

Our European practice, spread across 13 offices in the region’s most robust economies, can provide a single point of contact for clients’ global labor and employment needs. Here we highlight significant labor and employment...more

Germany & Spain Respond to GDPR with Guidance on Anonymous Whistleblower Reporting

NAVEX on 1/23/2019

Two of Europe’s largest economies are embracing anonymous whistleblower reporting for the first time – triggering organizations operating in those countries to review and evaluate their internal reporting and investigations....more

EU Plans on Whistleblower Protection

Orrick - Employment Law and Litigation on 6/14/2018

According to a survey by a national German newspaper, a large proportion of German whistleblowers are facing labor law and even health problems in connection with whistleblowing. 13 out of 20 whistleblowers subsequently lost...more

European Commission Launches New Cartel Reporting Tool, Member States Laud the Role of Whistleblowers

McDermott Will & Emery on 4/5/2017

European Commissioner of Competition Margrethe Vestager made news when she announced that the European Commission had launched a new IT system enabling individuals to anonymously report cartel activity. In parallel, several...more

German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) Releases Online Whistleblowing System

Proskauer - Whistleblower Defense on 2/9/2017

On January 1 2017, the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (“BaFin”) set up an online whistleblowing system allowing anyone to anonymously report alleged violations of supervisory law. BaFin is the national...more

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