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Whistleblower Directive compliance tool

Directive (EU) 2019/1937 · European Union · Binding instrument

Name anyone on your staff. The system makes them your compliance person.

A member of your own staff, with no compliance background, reads the training module, answers the interview, and finishes with your Whistleblower Directive documentation cited article by article. The knowledge stays in the business.

Every account level runs inside a dedicated Claude account. Anyone can try a toolkit in their own Claude account; compliance work runs in a dedicated one. The Claude Max plan is £90 a month, paid to Anthropic, and is not included in any level.

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Whistleblower Directive is Directive (EU) 2019/1937, a binding instrument in the European Union. Internal reporting channels required at 50 or more employees, and in financial services at any size.

The free assessment screens for Whistleblower Directive when a business employs 50 or more people, or provides financial services or is an obliged financial entity.

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• Your exact position under Whistleblower Directive: what is in place, what is missing, and what to do about each gap.
• Documentation with article citations, ready for auditors, insurers, customers and public buyers.
• A trained person inside the business who understands what the regulation requires, and stays.
• A dated record of every section completed, with the reports themselves staying in your own Claude account. The toolkit is carried by an account level, see the plans.
• All of it completed in-house, at your own pace, without booking a single meeting.

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Does Whistleblower Directive apply to my business?

The Directive applies to you if you are a legal entity in the private or public sector and you have 50 or more workers, who must establish an internal reporting channel under Article 8(3). It also applies at any size if you fall within the Union acts listed in Annex Part I.B and II, such as financial services and anti-money laundering activities.

Who does Whistleblower Directive apply to?

It applies to legal entities in the private and public sector that must establish and operate an internal reporting channel under Article 8, in particular private sector entities with 50 or more workers under Article 8(3). It also protects reporting persons such as workers, civil servants, self-employed persons, shareholders, volunteers, trainees, contractors and suppliers.

Does Whistleblower Directive apply to a small business?

There is a size threshold: private sector entities with 50 or more workers must establish internal reporting channels under Article 8(3), and entities with 50 to 249 workers may share resources under Article 8(6). The 50-worker threshold does not apply to entities within the scope of Union acts in Annex Parts I.B and II, which must maintain channels irrespective of headcount.

When does Whistleblower Directive apply from, and what are the deadlines?

Member States had to bring the general body of the Directive into force by 17 December 2021 under Article 26(1), and the Article 8(3) duty for private sector entities with 50 to 249 workers by 17 December 2023 under Article 26(2). An entity must acknowledge an internal report within seven days under Article 9(1)(b) and give feedback within three months under Article 9(1)(f).

What does Whistleblower Directive require me to do?

You must establish secure internal reporting channels and procedures in consultation and agreement with social partners where national law requires it under Article 8(1), and accept reports in writing, orally or through a physical meeting on request under Article 9(2). You must acknowledge receipt within seven days under Article 9(1)(b), designate an impartial follow-up person under Article 9(1)(c), follow up diligently under Article 9(1)(d), give feedback within three months under Article 9(1)(f) and publish information on external reporting routes under Article 9(1)(g).

What records or documents does Whistleblower Directive require me to keep or produce?

You must keep the reporting person's identity confined to authorised staff under Article 16(1) and retain records of every report no longer than necessary and proportionate under Article 18(1). Specific documentation formats apply for recorded telephone lines, unrecorded telephone lines and physical meetings under Article 18(2) to 18(4).

What happens if I do not comply with Whistleblower Directive?

The Directive sets no fine amounts at EU level; Article 23(1) requires Member States to provide effective, proportionate and dissuasive penalties for persons who hinder or attempt to hinder reporting, retaliate, bring vexatious proceedings or breach the confidentiality duty under Article 16. The specific amount and mechanism depends entirely on the law of the Member State in which the entity operates.

Does Whistleblower Directive apply to a UK business selling into the EU?

The Directive applies across the European Union and does not, of itself, reach entities established outside the Union, though a Member State's transposing legislation may extend obligations to any entity operating within that Member State regardless of where the entity is established. The instrument does not state a separate rule for a UK business selling into the EU.

How do I start complying with Whistleblower Directive?

The first practical step is to establish channels and procedures for internal reporting and follow-up, in consultation and agreement with social partners where national law requires it, under Article 8(1). Private sector entities with 50 or more workers must do so as a specific size-triggered duty under Article 8(3).

Which ComplianceSME account includes the Whistleblower Directive toolkit?

The Whistleblower Directive agent toolkit is included from the Medium level.

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