Written by: Ariane Claverie, Nina Thiery, CASTEGNARO
On 10 January 2022, the Luxembourg government introduced a Bill to transpose the EU Whistleblower Directive.
Luxembourg has introduced a Bill (Bill no. 7945) to implement the EU Whistleblower Directive (Directive (EU) 2019/1937). It was submitted to the Luxembourg Chamber of Deputies on 10 January 2022. The deadline for transposing the directive into national law was 17 December 2021.
The directive is designed to mitigate current disparities between different national legislation protecting whistleblowers within the European Union by introducing minimum guarantees and rules.
The main new provisions introduced by the Bill are explained below.
Breaches of which laws can be reported?
In the Bill, Luxembourg’s government has decided to extend the material scope of application of the directive to all national law. The government wants to ensure a comprehensive and consistent framework to protect whistleblowers. Breaches of national law can in fact seriously harm the public interest.
The current legislation only covers the reporting of offences related to corruption, influence peddling and illegal conflicts of interest.
Who can be a whistleblower?
Employees and civil servants, as well as shareholders, anyone whose employment relationship has come to an end or not yet started, subcontractors etc will all be covered. The current legislation only protects employees and civil servants.
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