The WeMoral 2026 report compares the whistleblower laws of all 27 EU member states on 33 data points across 46 pages.
Maximum fine on an organization without a working whistleblowing channel, from 1,000,000 EUR in Spain to no fine at all in six member states.
The 46-page comparison covers all 27 member states on 33 data points, including fines, retention periods, anonymous reporting and penalties for false reports.
An employer with offices in five countries ends up running five compliance regimes, and most of the differences only show up once you read the national statute.”
ŁóDź, POLAND, August 11, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Maximum fines for failing to run a whistleblowing channel range from 1,000,000 EUR in Spain to nothing at all in six member states, according to a comparison of all 27 EU transpositions of Directive 2019/1937 published today by WeMoral, a whistleblowing software company. Download the WeMoral 2026 Report. It is free and requires no registration.
Directive 2019/1937 set a common floor for whistleblower protection and gave member states until 17 December 2021 to put it into national law. The study records what each country enacted above that floor and where the national rules differ from one another.
Findings recorded in the report include:
- Denmark and Sweden brought their laws into force on the 17 December 2021 deadline. The average member state did so 380 days after it.
- Poland's law took effect 1,013 days after the deadline, the longest interval in...
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