Transposition #
Every EU member state had to turn Directive (EU) 2019/1937 into its own national law. The results differ far more than a minimum-standards directive suggests: the employee threshold that triggers the obligation, who supervises it, what the designated authority is actually competent to do, and whether anything happens at all when an employer ignores the duty.
Transposition records how that went, one jurisdiction at a time, with the people who drafted the law, run the authority, or litigate under it.
Each conversation is published as audio and as a full written transcript, so it can be read and cited rather than only listened to.
Which jurisdictions #
The series follows the 27 EU member states and five other European jurisdictions with distinct whistleblower frameworks. Whistleblower laws across Europe covers the EU states and four of those neighbours. Moldova has partially aligned Legea nr. 165/2023 with the Directive ahead of accession. Ukraine’s whistleblower protections sit in its Law on Prevention of Corruption, amended by Law No. 198-IX, in force since 1 January 2020. Neither country’s law is a national transposition of the Directive.
The United Kingdom left before the deadline and keeps a regime two decades older than the Directive. Norway is an EEA state the Directive was never extended to, yet requires internal procedures from five employees rather than fifty. Switzerland has no general whistleblower protection law.
For the authorities themselves, what they can and cannot do, see national whistleblower authorities.
What taking part involves #
If you have been invited to record an episode:
- 25 minutes, remote. Recorded over video, published as audio.
- Questions in advance. You see them before the recording, and nothing outside them comes up.
- You approve the published cut. Nothing goes out until you have reviewed it and confirmed it.
- Your own jurisdiction only. No preparation beyond what you already work with.
- A written transcript published alongside the audio, which you also see first.
Who publishes it #
Transposition is published by EthicsPortal, which operates whistleblowing channels for organisations across the EU. Episodes carry no product discussion, and guests approve the published cut before it goes out.
Published conversations #
The first recordings are scheduled for November 2026. Episodes are listed here as they are published.
To propose a jurisdiction, or someone who should be recorded, write to yaro@ethicsportal.eu.
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