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As the new year begins, it is a good time to look at key developments in German labor and employment law in 2019 and look ahead in 2020.

On 7 October 2019, the Council of the European Union formally adopted a new Directive on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law.

Rechtswidriges Fehlverhalten in Unternehmen und Behörden wird häufig erst durch Hinweise von Whistleblowern bekannt.

The "Act for Better Protection of Whistleblowers" (Hinweisgeberschutzgesetz – HinSchG), which came into force on 2 July 2023, introduced specific legal requirements for employers...

A provision allowing employees to obtain, via telephone, medical certificates for sick leave has been permanently reintroduced in Germany as of December 7, 2023.

On July 2, 2023, the new German Whistleblower Protection Act (Hinweisgeberschutzgesetz – HinSchG) took effect. The law contains comprehensive provisions for the protection of whistleblowers.

As the 17 December 2021 deadline for implementation of the EU Whistleblower Directive approaches...

On June 26, 2017 the Act for the Implementation of the Fourth EU Anti-Money Laundering Directive, for the execution of the EU Funds Transfer Regulation and for the reorganization of the central department...

In diesem Artikel werden Hintergrund, Umfang und Mehrwert der ISO 37002-Norm beschrieben.

In diesem Beitrag haben wir die häufigsten Fragen zusammengestellt, die wir erhalten.

《欧盟举报指令》（EU 2019/1937）的生效日期即将来临。该指令旨在为那些揭发违反欧盟法律事件的"吹哨人"（whistleblower）制定最低的保护标准，所有欧盟成&

Days ahead of the closing of the EU's legislature period, ahead of the European Parliamentary elections, the EU's "Whistleblowing Directive" was adopted on April 16, 2019.

QuickTake – A further step to empower individuals to act against corporate wrongdoings? Or more window dressing?

La fecha límite de aplicación de la Directiva (UE) 2019/1937 relativa a la denuncia de irregularidades (Whistleblowing, en inglés), se acerca rápidamente.

German employment law requires employees to cooperate with internal investigations through fact-finding interviews, but this duty operates within strict boundaries of fairness, proportionality, and whistleblower protection. Organizations must balance their need to secure facts quickly with procedural safeguards including corporate counsel warnings, neutral questioning, representation rights, and compliance with the Whistleblower Protection Act's confidentiality and anti-retaliation requirements.

Die aktuell laufenden Betriebsratswahlen sind für uns Anlass, dieses Mal einen besonderen Blick auf Fragen rund um das Wahlverfahren und mögliche Wahlanfechtungen zu werfen.

The status of whistleblowers in Germany is primarily governed by European law. The relevant legislation is Directive (EU) 2019/1937 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection...