Overview

• 17 December 2023, the deadline for medium-sized companies to implement internal reporting channels under the Whistleblower Protection Directive, is fast approaching.
• Many multi-national employers are addressing similar implementation issues which are best considered at the project planning phase.
• DLA Piper's Guide to implementation of the Directive is a comprehensive resource providing information on local implementation laws as well as a summary of the Directive's key provisions and a comparison with the US Sarbanes-Oxley regime.

Contents

The EU Whistleblower Protection Directive was due to be transposed into the national laws of EU Member States by 17 December 2021. However, most countries failed to meet this deadline. The subsequent threat of infraction proceedings by the European Commission means that 2023 has seen a flurry of implementing laws.

Larger employers, of 250 or more workers, were often given little time to meet national deadlines for compliance with the Directive’s core obligation to implement an internal whistleblowing reporting channel.

In most countries, medium-sized employers with 50 to 249 workers were given until 17 December 2023 to comply with the impact of the Directive on their business. Multi-national businesses with medium-sized entities across various EU jurisdictions have also been able to benefit from this extension, but the 17 December deadline is fast approaching meaning that action is now required.

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