Whistleblowing Directive: Internal Complaint About Wrongdoings Committed Within A Company

On October 7, 2019, the European Union Council approved the new "Whistleblowing Directive".

This Directive aims to favour the detection and eradication of illegal acts committed within companies, implementing complaint channels to report said wrongdoings by persons linked to the company as well as effective systems of protection for whistleblowers against any possible corporate reprisal.

The fundamental aspects envisaged by this Directive in relation to the use of such complaint channels are the following:

1. Entities required to implement the directive: companies with more than 50 employees.

2. Users such as current employees, ex-employees, interns, volunteers, administrators, shareholders, self-employed collaborators, and anyone working for the suppliers or contractors of said company may be whistleblowers.