How to prepare for the EU Whistleblowing Protection Directive | The FCPA Blog
How to prepare for the EU Whistleblowing Protection Directive Cédric Dubar December 16, 2020 7:58 am The EU Whistleblower Protection Directive sets out minimum standards for how organizations should handle whistleblowers’ reports, respond to these reports, and protect the whistleblowers. Because Member States are obligated to adopt this Directive into their national legislation by December 17, 2021, organizations should already ensure that their whistleblowing strategy is compliant with the Directive — while closely monitoring the adoption of the Directive in the EU countries where they operate. By creating an “Ombuds” function, organizations in the scope of the Directive may appropriately tackle one of the key principles in the Directive: if structured properly within the organization, the Ombuds function can ensure that reports are followed by “competent” personnel that maintain a significant level of “independence” and “neutrality” in relation to other functions in the organizatio...