The law implementing the EU whistleblowers Directive into Danish
law has finally been passed. Under it, Danish groups of companies
can implement a joint whistleblower scheme (at least for the time
being), rather than one for each entity with over 249
employees.
Background
Back in April 2018, the European Commission presented a proposal
for a new directive to increase protection for whistleblowers who
report violations of EU law. The Directive was adopted following a
series of adaptations in October 2019 and must be implemented in
the Member States by December 2021.
In Denmark, a draft of the bill was sent for consultation by the
Ministry of Justice on 24 February 2021 (see here, in Danish). A bill
was subsequently submitted to the Folketing, the Danish Parliament,
on 14 April 2021. In the most important respects, the bill was
identical to the previous draft, and the adopted law is also
largely identical to the draft.
