ARTICLE · 12 OCTOBER 2022

Quick Update (No. 2) On German Whistleblowing

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On 27 July 2022 the Federal Cabinet passed the revised draft German Whistleblower Act (HinSchG)...

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On 27 July 2022 the Federal Cabinet passed the revised draft German Whistleblower Act (HinSchG)

In early June 2022, we reported about the delayed activities of the German Government to implement the EU directive 2019/1937 into national law https://www.rimonlaw.de/en/news/insights/article/quick-update-on-german-whistleblowing-1.html). Now – at last – the German Government has passed the Bill and after the summer break in early September, the Bill will be discussed in the German Parliament. The new Act should be in force by yearend 2022. The Bill (in German language): https://www.bmj.de/SharedDocs/Gesetzgebungsverfahren/Dokumente/RegE_Hinweisgeberschutz.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=2

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