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Foster better organizational transparency with insights into whistleblowing regulations and safeguards across the globe. Whistleblowers act as vigilant public advocates, exposing fraud and abuse. According to the...more
The European Commission has published a report on the implementation and application of the EU Whistleblowing Directive. The Directive aims to guarantee a high level of balanced and effective protection for persons who report...more
On December 13, 2023, the Legislative Chamber of Costa Rica passed Bill No. 23,449, “Protección de las personas denunciantes y testigos de actos de corrupción contra represalias laborales” (Law for the protection of...more
The EU Whistleblowing Directive has been implemented in Belgium and SMEs have only until 17 December to act. Here we consider some of the key details of the new Belgian legislation....more
While the area is still developing, some whistleblower protections are already on the books in the UAE. ...more
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
Whistleblowing is an important mechanism to uncover and prevent illegal or unethical activities within an organization. To strengthen the protection of Whistleblowers across member states, the European Union adopted the...more
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
As the last of the EU member states implement the Whistleblower Directive, we recap the new rules employers need to be aware of, and give our views on whether a ‘one size fits all’ approach is feasible....more
Our March EU whistleblowing updates webinar explored recent whistleblowing developments and essential actions for effective whistleblowing practices. It also covered new updates specific to the Austrian transposition of the...more
What is workplace whistleblowing? Whistleblowing in the workplace is when an employee (the whistleblower) reports to an authorized person a specific type of wrongdoing, misconduct or illegal act made by another employee or...more
This first EU Whistleblower Directive webinar of 2023 featured NAVEX whistleblowing expert Jan Stappers and Susan Battye, Partner at Walkers (Ireland) LLP. The session focused on the latest developments in whistleblowing, key...more
Welcome back to our World Cup series, where we compare various aspects of labor and employment law in some of the participating countries. We kicked off Parts One and Two of this series with vacation and sick leave...more
Ein umfassendes, einheitliches Hinweisgeberschutzsystem existiert in Deutschland bis dato nicht. Dies soll sich nun ändern: Am 27. Juli 2022[1] hat das Bundeskabinett den Entwurf eines Hinweisgeberschutzgesetzes (HinSchG-E)...more
Expanded Japanese whistleblowing rules are among the latest to come into effect as part of a broad trend of increasing regulatory requirements for incident reporting across the globe. Previously in effect for large...more
By 17 December 2021, EU Member States were required to transpose the EU Whistleblower Protection Directive into their national law. The Directive’s purpose is to provide more robust protection across all EU countries for...more
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
On October 23, 2019, the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament voted to approve European directive n°2019/1937 on "the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law." In France, this directive is...more
On December 16, 2019, the EU passed the Whistleblower Protection Directive (Directive), which implements minimum standards of protection for whistleblowers across the EU who report breaches of EU law...more
On December 17, 2021, when the deadline for implementing the EU Whistleblowing Directive expires – or, at the latest, when corresponding national whistleblower protection laws come into force – member states of the European...more
The EU’s new whistleblowing protections (the Whistleblowing Directive) is due to implemented into national law by 17 December 2021. The purpose of the Whistleblowing Directive is to establish uniform minimum protections to...more
The European Directive for the protection of persons who report breaches of European Union law (the "Whistleblower Directive") sets the minimum standards for protecting people who report EU law breaches. ...more
The 17 December 2021 deadline for EU Member States to implement the EU Whistleblowing Directive into national laws is fast approaching. Private sector organisations in the European Union with 250 or more workers (and certain...more
Global companies face a number of challenges and a myriad of regulatory obligations. In December 2019, the EU adopted a directive to promote and protect persons who report violations of law....more
La directive (UE) 2019/1937 du Parlement européen et du Conseil du 23 octobre 2019 sur la protection des personnes qui signalent des violations du droit de l’Union (la « Directive ») a vocation à établir des normes minimales...more