The deadline for implementing Directive (EU) 2019/1937 - the Whistleblowing Directive - is fast approaching. The Directive is intended to set a minimum standard of protection for those who report breaches of Union law, and all EU Member States must transpose the new EU regulations into national law no later than 17 December 2021.

With less than two months to go before the deadline for implementing the new EU Directive, it is vital that organisations within the bloc set up internal whistleblowing processes to meet the new requirements – or seek the assistance of a services provider who can make sure that the correct internal processes are in place.

Ahead of the 17 December deadline, Member States must:

Make companies with 250 or more employees, or turnover of 10M or more per annum, implement a whistleblower system (companies between 50 and 249 employees only have 24 months longer to implement).

• Make public institutions, authorities, as well as municipalities with a population of 10,000 or more, implement a whistleblower system.
• Create or appoint a competent authority as an escalation route, should an organ-isation fail to manage a whistleblowing complaint.
• Provide a wide range of legal and financial protections for whistleblowers.
• Invalidate non-disclosure type agreements in relation to whistleblowing cases.

Whistleblowing reporting: the essentials

Rights

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