Whistleblowing channel, what is required?

Gives the requirement level under the Swedish whistleblowing act and Directive (EU) 2019/1937, from the size and sector of the organisation.

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1.How many workers does the organisation have?
Visselblåsarlagen SFS 2021:890 · Visselblåsardirektivet CELEX 32019L1937 · Read 2026-08-20
Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection: The privacy authority supervises internal reporting channels and states the fifty-worker threshold in its guidance. source
2.Which sector?
Visselblåsarlagen SFS 2021:890 · Visselblåsardirektivet CELEX 32019L1937 · Read 2026-08-20
European Commission: The Whistleblower Directive applies regardless of size in finance, anti-money laundering and transport safety, as the annex lists the areas. source

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Judgments in practice

European Union · 2019-10-23

The directive requires entities above the threshold to set up internal reporting channels with feedback within set deadlines.

Sweden implemented the directive through Act (2021:890) on the protection of persons reporting wrongdoing.

The threshold counts workers, and certain sectors are covered regardless of size.

Court of Justice of the European Union · 2018-11-06

The question was whether a right lapses when the employer has not informed the worker of it.

The court held the right does not lapse automatically where the employer has not enabled the worker to use it.

The duty to inform carries the right: a channel nobody knows about does not meet the requirement.

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