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Whistleblower Protection Law May Become Reality in Europe

Recent scandals like LuxLeaks and the Panama Papers have exposed the limited help granted for people seeking to expose corporate behaviour in the public interest. Therefore, the EU intends to give special treatment...

by LibertiesEU

Recent scandals like LuxLeaks and the Panama Papers have exposed the limited help granted for people seeking to expose corporate behaviour in the public interest. Therefore, the EU intends to give special treatment (including the right to legal aid, possible financial support and companies being barred from firing or demoting whistleblowers) to current and ex-employees who blow the whistle on corporate tax avoidance or cheating on product standards. EU decision-makers hope the law will lead to earlier exposures of cases such as the Volkswagen emissions scandal.

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