The European Whistleblower Protection Directive (EU Directive 2019\/1937) was voted in December 2019 to provide and promote a safe and secure way for people to speak up and report any kind of violations or misconduct in their work environment. The types of concerns that may be raised under the Whistleblowing Scheme, relate to serious and sensitive matters that could have an adverse impact on the operations of the company.\u00a0 The above mentioned matters may refer -among others- to money laundering, bribery or corruption, any type of fraud,\u00a0 serious violations of internal company policies and procedures including data protection and generally speaking the life or health of individuals as well as serious forms of discrimination or harassment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Companies with more than 50 employees should have rendered compliant with the Directive by December 2021 and also smaller-size companies may adopt such schemes to promote transparency and accountability.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n DLE, thanks to its experience handling human rights cases and public consultation on the subject matter, is in a position to help all businesses set up whistleblowing schemes and draft code of conducts. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> DLE adhering to the provisions of the Whistleblowing Directive, will create the internal whistleblowing policy and draft\/update the internal code of conduct for its clients. The policies and the code of conduct are created in such a way to guarantee that whistleblowers\u2019 data is protected at all times but at the same time protect the company and its employees from malicious report that make false allegations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n We ensure to create the most comprehensive and transparent whistleblowing procedures to provide safe channels for staff or other informants to proceed with their reports.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div> DLE may prove an integral part of the whistleblowing procedure, since -upon request of the client- we act as <\/span>the safe channel for staff or other informants to report misconduct in the work environment. This way every company may enhance a culture of openness and demonstrate its commitment to handle malpractice at the highest level.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n In cases where DLE functions as the outside handler of the whistleblowing scheme, we provide each client with electronic means available 24\/7 to its employees to file their reports. Each report is handled with the highest standards of confidentiality, data quality and data protection in order to establish trust with the individual that courageously comes forward. DLE\u2019s team , as the first point of contact of whistleblowers, does the first screening and files a comprehensive written report to the company to begin internal investigation procedures, which DLE may as well handle. \u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>Setting up the Whistleblowing Scheme <\/h4><\/div>
External Whistleblowing Service<\/h4><\/div>