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Do you have more than 50 employees? Or are you active in financial services? Under the Whistleblowers Protection Act, an independent person must coordinate your whistleblowing procedure.
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Most recent text Whistleblower Protection Act
Articles Whistleblower Protection Act
Separate reporting channel for each legal entity
Last year, we wrote that each legal entity in the EU with more than 49 employees must set up its own reporting channels and appoint an independent coordinator. For companies with multiple entities, this fragments the whistleblowing process. However, some IT platforms offer elegant solutions. Some organisations even have to set up reporting channels, regardless of their size. We provide some examples.
Progression Dutch Whistleblower Protection Act
Even during the hot summer months of July and August there were developments regarding the Dutch Whistleblower Protection Act. For example, there is a discussion taking place about reporting anonymously and about whether only whistleblowers who report something in which the public interest is at stake should be protected. And when is the public interest at stake?
The Memorandum of Pieter Omtzigt
Pieter Omtzigt, Member of Parliament, has submitted a Memorandum with 15 proposals for improving the Whistleblower Protection Act. These proposals make sense. Read more here.
Whistleblower Protection Act 14 December 2021
Op deze pagina vindt u een versie van het voorstel voor de Wet bescherming klokkenluiders (met verwerking wijzigingen wetsvoorstel 35 851, nr. 2 en de nota van wijziging). Deze tekst kan nog wijzigen tijdens de behandeling van het wetsvoorstel in de Tweede Kamer. Dit is de versie van 14 december 2021.
What would postponement of the Whistleblower Protection Act mean for you?
Whereas Denmark and Sweden have already implemented the EU directive in their national legislation, the Netherlands are at risk of being delayed. Does this mean that you don’t have to do anything yet? We don’t think so.
Dutch parliamentarians call for postponement – and a better Whistleblower Protection Act
At the end of September, the Dutch Parliamentary Committee for the Ministry of the Interior discussed the draft Whistleblower Protection Act submitted by Minister Ollongren. It seems that parliament is in favor of postponing the introduction of the Act, so that the Ministry can draft a better one. So, what are its shortcomings?
