Will every report grant the employee a whistleblower status?

The protection granted to whistleblowers is not absolute. Some employees believe that filing a report will grant them immunity from potential dismissal. To clarify – even if the reporting person receives the whistleblower status, it may not shield them from dismissal. A false report made with the intent of gaining advantage may be damaging to the reporting employee. Dishonest whistleblowers risk criminal and civil liability for making a false report or public disclosure. To minimise the number of potential false reports, it is worth to include information about the consequences of filing false notifications in communication directed to potential whistleblowers. – Bartosz Tomanek and Mateusz Krajewski comment for Dziennik Gazeta Prawna.

Full article in Polish avialible: here.