The federal government wants to create legal certainty for those who uncover criminal and administrative offenses in companies and authorities.
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Berlin The federal states governed by the Union are considering rejecting the whistleblower protection law next Friday in the Bundesrat if necessary. The skepticism was “great”, the Handelsblatt learned from a Union-led state government.
The rejection of the so-called “B-countries”, in which the governments are led by the CDU or CSU, depends on whether the traffic light coalition of SPD, Greens and FDP responds to the criticism and is willing to make changes. Finally, the federal states would decide in the traditional fireside chat of the CDU prime ministers in Berlin on Thursday before the Bundesrat meeting.
The law passed by the Bundestag in December regulates reports of fraud, corruption and other abuses. In the future, authorities and companies will have to create separate internal contact points and also accept anonymous tips. The Whistleblower Protection Act is overdue. Germany should actually have transposed a corresponding EU directive into national law in December of last year.
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