25 February, 2021

New EU-wide whistleblower protection law in the pipeline

Plans for new EU-wide protections for employees who blow the whistle on corporate tax avoidance or cheating on product standards are reportedly about to be released by the European Commission.

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Plans for new EU-wide protections for employees who blow the whistle on corporate tax avoidance or cheating on product standards are reportedly about to be released by the European Commission. Vera Jourová, EU commissioner for justice, consumers and gender equality, announced the proposed new legislation to the LIBE Committee (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) in the European Parliament last month (March). She said: “We have to be much better in protecting honest people, including the journalists, but also whistleblowers, and I can inform you that we are finalising now the proposal for protecting whistleblowers, which will b

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