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Not just whistleblowers guarded from retaliation

02.08.2024

The act of 14 June 2024 on the protection of whistleblowers (Journal of Laws, item 928) provides that no retaliatory action, attempt or threat of such may be taken against a whistleblower. Not every employer is aware, though, that other individuals are also protected by this act. Pursuant to Article 21, protection from retaliatory action, and safeguards provided for in Chapter 2 of the act, also apply to a person assisting in making the report or associated with the whistleblower. – Bartosz Tomanek, Mateusz Krajewski, and Bartłomiej Wodyński comment for Dziennik Gazeta Prawna.

Full article in Polish avialible here.