Brief comment on new whistleblower legislation

The new whistleblower directive from the EU will be implemented into national legislation from December 2021.

**In Sweden all organizations with more than 50 employees will be mandated to implement an internal whistleblower system, including authorities.  **

The Swedish 800 page committee report was submitted in June. The proposition includes:

• The whistleblowers' anonymity needs to be guaranteed.

• Investigators need to be independent.

• Certain demands for how reporting can be conducted, e.g. both verbally and in writing.

• Investigations should be handled within a certain deadline and the whistleblower has the right to some information on the investigation findings.

• Data needs to be handled and stored in a safe manner.

• Fines for non-compliance should be deterrent.

• There needs to be someone appointed as responsible for the reporting channel.

Lantero fullfils all the demand and closely follows the development to be able to offer a fully compliant solution.

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