Internal reporting procedures should not be consulted only with employees

The Directive (EU) 2019/1937 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2019 on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law (Official Journal of the EU, 2019, L 305, p. 17; further: the directive), provides that legal entities must establish internal legal procedures and channels after consultations and agreements with social partners, if required by national law. According to the act, a company trade union should be consulted. If there is no trade union within the organization, the consultations should be conducted with workforce representatives. Importantly, this category is broader than the “employee representatives”, which means additional steps in the process of implementing the procedure. – Bartosz Tomanek and Mateusz Krajewski comment for Dziennik Gazeta Prawna.

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