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Workplace Law Update: 10 Essential Items on Your April To-Do List

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law, especially since the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace. In order to ensure you stay on top of the latest changes and have an action plan...more

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General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Whistleblowing Laws (Part II of II)

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Challenges may arise when conducting an internal investigation related to an underlying disclosure by a whistleblower pursuant to the EU Directive, because companies must strictly comply with the GDPR. Failure to comply with...more

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Implementation of EU Directive on Whistleblowing 2019/1931 (Part I of II)

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Since its enactment in 2019, the European Union (“EU”) Directive on Whistleblowing 2019/1931 (“EU Directive”) has required all 27 EU Member States to incorporate certain requirements pertaining to the protection of...more

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Ep. 2 - Why Anonymous Reporting is the Cornerstone of Your Compliance Program

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When was the last time your organization received an anonymous compliance concern?  Has it been so long you can’t recall? Maybe you consider yourself lucky that the organization has never received a concern on your watch, or...more

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When Collusion Proves Costly: A Cautionary Tale on Potential Penalties for 93A Violations

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What happens when an individual, to benefit their own employer, solicits confidential corporate information held by a spouse or partner? A damages award in the several millions may be the result. In BioPoint, Inc. v....more

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EU Whistleblower Protection Directive – February Round Up

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An overview of the Directive - Since the transposition deadline of the EU Whistleblowing Protection Directive on December 17, 2021, EU countries and organizations have been scrambling (and struggling) to transpose the rules...more

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Recent DOJ Memo on Corporate Criminal Enforcement Highlights Critical Considerations for Employers

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On September 15, 2022, the Department of Justice (DOJ) released a long-anticipated memo announcing changes to its corporate criminal enforcement policies (Memo). The Memo contains helpful guidance for employers, outlining...more

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Expanded Japanese Whistleblowing Rules Reach Small & Medium Business

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Expanded Japanese whistleblowing rules are among the latest to come into effect as part of a broad trend of increasing regulatory requirements for incident reporting across the globe. Previously in effect for large...more

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EU Whistleblower Protection Directive: September Round Up & FAQs

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By 17 December 2021, EU Member States were required to transpose the EU Whistleblower Protection Directive into their national law. The Directive’s purpose is to provide more robust protection across all EU countries for...more

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NAVEX Issues 2022 Ethics Hotline Benchmarking Report: Whistleblower Reporting Rates and Retaliation Increase

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As the leading hotline provider in the global market, NAVEX is in the unique position of collecting and analyzing employee reporting trends.  Each year, NAVEX issues an important report on current trends in employee...more

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Washington State Significantly Limits Nondisclosure and Nondisparagement Agreements

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Washington State’s “Silenced No More Act”—one of the nation’s strictest prohibitions against nondisclosure and nondisparagement agreements—went into effect on June 9, 2022. ...more

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Implementation of the European Directive on Whistleblowing in France: Extending the Whistleblower Qualification and Strengthening...

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On October 23, 2019, the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament voted to approve European directive n°2019/1937 on "the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law." In France, this directive is...more

Akerman LLP - HR Defense

Sweeping Expansions to New York’s Whistleblower Protections Take Effect

New York employers, take heed: sweeping expansions to New York Labor Law (NYLL) Section 740 have fundamentally redefined the protections afforded to whistleblowers within the state. The revised law took effect on January 26,...more

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How will the European Whistleblower Directive Impact Dutch Law?

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The European Directive for the protection of persons who report breaches of European Union law (the "Whistleblower Directive") sets the minimum standards for protecting people who report EU law breaches. ...more

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European Whistleblowing Directive – Need to Know FAQs

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The 17 December 2021 deadline for EU Member States to implement the EU Whistleblowing Directive into national laws is fast approaching. Private sector organisations in the European Union with 250 or more workers (and certain...more

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Implications of European Whistleblower Protection Directive on Israeli Companies

By October, companies in the European Union employing at least 50 employees will be required to operate an internal reporting system for reporting misconduct that may indicate compliance violations. Furthermore, all companies...more

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EU Whistleblower Directive: A Primer (Part II of IV) – Internal and External Reporting

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Article 7 of the Directive instructs member states to encourage reporting through internal organizational channels first, where the risk of retaliation is remote, and the reported breach can be effectively addressed on an…...more

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Danger! Danger!: Retaliation Against Employees is Increasing (Part II of II)

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The FCPA Guidance issued by the Justice Department and the SEC says it best – “The truest measure of an effective compliance program is how it responds to misconduct.” ...more

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Leveraging the EU Whistleblower Directive to Improve Employee Reporting (Part I of II)

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Global companies face a number of challenges and a myriad of regulatory obligations. In December 2019, the EU adopted a directive  to promote and protect persons who report violations of law....more

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Adoption d’une directive européenne sur la protection des lanceurs d’alerte

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La directive (UE) 2019/1937 du Parlement européen et du Conseil du 23 octobre 2019 sur la protection des personnes qui signalent des violations du droit de l’Union (la « Directive ») a vocation à établir des normes minimales...more

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Adoption of a European Directive on the Protection of Whistleblowers

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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 (the “Directive”) is intended to establish common minimum standards among...more

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Protected Activity or Terminable Misconduct? — Government Contractor Update

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It has become almost routine for employees pursuing whistleblower and other employment-related claims against their employer to engage in "self-help discovery," using their access to files and databases to collect and gather,...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Protections Afforded to Whistleblowers in the EU: An Update

Until recently, whistleblowing raised many concerns in France and other European countries. Reporting on colleagues’ behavior, even if unlawful, was seen as risky business that could lead to dismissals and criminal sanctions...more

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Blog: Are Whistleblowers Just Out For The Big Bucks?

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Given that, last year, the SEC awarded $30 million to one whistleblower alone, it looks like a pretty good gig. The previous year, the SEC awarded a whistleblower $14 million. That’s not too bad either....more

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