A draft whistleblowing law has been issued in Finland.
The new Bill would introduce significant legal reforms to strengthen the protection of whistleblowers and transpose the EU Directive on whistleblowing (2019/1937) into Finish national law.
The bill calls for organisations to establish internal reporting channels. A statement by the Finnish Ministry of Justice states:
“Private sector organizations with at least 50 employees must implement an internal notification channel by 17 December 2023 at the latest. For other organizations, the internal reporting channel must be implemented within three months of the law coming into force.”
The Directive must be transposed by all 27 member states. The official deadline for transposition was 17 December 2022. Only ten EU governments have passed legislation to date and Finland will be one of a further eleven countries to issue a draft Bill.