The Directive’s robust prohibitions against retaliation for covered persons—including both attempts and threats— is meticulously outlined in Article 19. Among other things, Article 19 broadly prohibits retaliation in the following forms: Suspension, lay-off, dismissal or equivalent measures Demotion or withholding of promotion Transfer of duties, change of location of place of work, reduction in wages or change in working hours Withholding of training Negative performance...

Hope everyone had wonderful Fourth of July holiday. Alex Cotoia, Regulatory Manager, at the Volkov Law Group rejoins us for Parts III and IV of his series on the EU Whistleblower Directive. If you want to reach Alex, his email is [email protected]. Article 17 of the Directive explicitly incorporates the provisions of Regulation 2016/679 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing...