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NAVEX’s 2025 Hotline Benchmark Report

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NAVEX dominates the hotline market. Given its global footprint, NAVEX has access to a large database of employee reports. Building on this unique perspective, NAVEX provides an annual report analyzing the employee reporting...more

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Addressing Human Rights in the Supply Chain

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The human element in your supply chain - There is little risk in claiming that ESG (Environment, Social, Governance) has been one of the most used acronyms over the last few years. Some salient examples that changed how...more

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Whistleblowing Success – Key Actions An Organization Can Implement

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With the rollout of the EU Directive and relevant local regulations in the member states for the Protection of Whistleblowers, and more recently, the UK government’s announcement of a ‘failure to prevent’ fraud offence,...more

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German Whistleblower Protection Act: Considerations for Companies

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Companies operating in Germany should implement reporting mechanisms or adapt their existing ones to comply with the new legal requirements. The German Whistleblower Protection Act (Hinweisgeberschutzgesetz — HinSchG)...more

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Towards a unified whistleblower system across Europe

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Whistleblowing in Europe has been governed by country-specific regulations, some of which differed widely in terms of content. A number of Member States did not even have a dedicated generally applicable protection system in...more

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New Whistleblower Protections in France: Considerations for Companies

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Companies operating in France should implement or adapt their reporting mechanisms to comply with the new requirements. On 1 September 2022, new protections for whistleblowers in France entered into force. The protections...more

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Gesetzentwurf der Bundesregierung für ein Hinweisgeberschutzgesetz - Die Bundesregierung hat am 27. Juli 2022 einen Entwurf für ein „Gesetz für einen besseren Schutz hinweisgebender Personen sowie zur Umsetzung der...more

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Recent Developments in Irish Employment Law

There have been several developments in Irish employment law in recent months. These developments include requirements for gender pay gap reporting, expanded protections for whistleblowers, family leave and flexible work...more

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What Options Do German Employers Have When Setting Up Internal Whistleblowing Units?

As early as December 2019, the European Union’s Directive (EU) RL 2019/1937 (colloquially called the “Whistleblower Directive”) was adopted at the European level. This directive aims to strengthen the protection of persons...more

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EU Whistleblower Directive: How to Make Sense of Entity-Level Reporting

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The entity-level reporting requirement described in the EU Whistleblower Protection Directive (“the Directive”) is one of the more complex aspects of the emerging legal standard. For private organizations with legal entities...more

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Neues zum Whistleblowing – Neuer Referentenentwurf zum Hinweisgeberschutzgesetz

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Am 13. April 2022 veröffentlichte das Bundesministerium der Justiz einen Referentenentwurf für ein Hinweisgeberschutzgesetz („HinSchG-E“). Umgangssprachlich als „Whistleblowergesetz“ bezeichnet, setzt es eine entsprechende...more

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France: The new whistleblower

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Adoption of a new law improving the protection of whistleblowers in companies with more than 50 employees. The law implements an EU directive and goes beyond the European requirements. A whistleblower remains a "natural...more

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"There Should Be No Punishment for Doing the Right Thing" – European Commission Issues Proposal to Strengthen Whistleblower...

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Whistleblowers: some consider them traitors; others see them as modern heroes. By issuing a recent proposal, the EU Commission has at least taken a position on improving (minimum) protections for whistleblowers and, above...more

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UK Government Announces Changes to Bribery Regime

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Recent strategy paper sets out a new institutional structure for investigating bribery and proposes a reporting mechanism carrying financial incentives for whistleblowers. On 7 October, as part of its strategy document...more

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