The New Danish Whistleblower Protection Act

The scope of the Whistleblower Protection Act

On 24 June 2021, Denmark passed a Whistleblower Protection Act in accordance with the requirements set out in the EU Whistleblowing Directive (2019/1937) of 23 October 2019.

The new Danish Act stipulates that all employers, both private and public, with at least 50 employees must set up an internal whistleblower system through which employees can raise concerns.

The internal whistleblower system must be available to all employees in the company. It is optional for the employer to make the whistleblower system available to other persons than employees, e.g. self-employed consultants working for the company.

The requirements of the internal whistleblower system