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Since the launch of the EU Whistleblowing Protection Directive on December 21, 2021, EU countries and organizations have been scrambling to transpose the rules into their current national laws.

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

It's hard to believe but on 12 May 2023, the Federal Council approved the amended Whistleblower Protection Act (HinSchG).

On Wednesday, November 24, 2021, the newly formed coalition of the Liberals, Greens and the Social Democrats, which will lead Germany during the next four years, presented its coalition agreement.

The Regional Labor Court of Lower Saxony has issued significant rulings clarifying that whistleblower protection only applies when employees utilize the designated reporting channels established by their organization. These decisions establish important precedents for how companies must structure their whistleblower systems and what protections employees can expect when reporting misconduct.

Dazu gehört auch die Unterstützung von H&M bei der Entwicklung ethischer künstlicher Intelligenz.

Der Schutz von Hinweisgebern ist eine wichtige Voraussetzung, um Fehlverhalten aufzudecken und zu verhindern. Cambridge Analytica.

The upcoming implementation of the EU Whistleblowing Directive is a good occasion to take a closer look at the cultural implications of whistleblowing in Germany.

Over the course of 2024, employee rights have once again been strengthened. This trend is expected to continue in 2025, forcing employers to implement new internal systems...

Over the course of 2024, employee rights have once again been strengthened. This trend is expected to continue in 2025, forcing employers to implement new internal systems, and to rethink their corporate strategies.

The deadline for implementing the Whistleblower Directive expired on 17 December 2021 and Germany has not yet done so. What does this mean for employers in both the public and private sectors?

Having failed to meet the deadline for transposing the EU Whistleblowing Directive due to a long period of political back-and-forth, the German Whistleblower Protection Act only came into force very recently, on 2 July 2023.

Since the Federal Labour Court (Bundesarbeitsgericht – BAG) clarified, in its ruling of 13 September 2022 (ref. 1 ABR 22/21)...

A number of important changes for employers in Germany took effect at the beginning of 2024. We provide an overview of the changes that have already come into force and also give an outlook...

On 2 July 2023, the German Whistleblower Protection Act (the Act) came into force (Link to official text in German). It requires most employers to establish internal reporting channels...

„Was lange währt, wird endlich gut" – dies dürfte zumindest eingeschränkt für das verabschiedete Hinweisgeberschutzgesetz gelten.

The draft "Whistleblower Protection Act" is unlikely to be implemented before the December 2021 deadline - but companies nevertheless need to act now.

What will the new German Whistleblower Protection Act mean for employers? This article explains.