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 stronger protection across all EU countries for people who report breaches of EU law or ethical misconduct. Employees who decide to file a report must now be provided with clear reporting channels and be protected from retaliation. Keep reading for more on the latest EU Directive FAQs.
As few organisations have a position dedicated exclusively to whistleblowing management (the Whistleblowing manager), they need to entrust that responsibility to an existing role. Ethics counsel, HR managers or Compliance managers typically manage a company’s whistleblowing channel(s) and procedures. Although some companies may choose to combine the roles of the whistleblowing manager with that of a Legal counsel or Data Protection Officer, it is important to avoid potential conflicts of interest (COI) – especially when a whistleblower raises a report around topics in which the whistleblowing manager has a personal interest.
The EU Whistleblower Protection Directive does not state if a whistleblowing manager needs to be local to the business they are employed with. There is a set of general characteristics which are applicable as to what is needed to be a successful whistleblowing manager. This set of criteria may...
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