The HSchG obligates larger and medium-sized companies (50 employees or more) to establish internal reporting channels so that whistleblowers can confidentially report suspicions about violations of law of public interest. At the same time, whistleblowers must be given special protection under the HSchG. In addition, specific companies may also be obliged to implement this regardless of the number of employees (e.g. companies in the financial sector).

In addition to the establishment of the reporting channels, the practical as well as legal organization of the documentation and the process, there are also a variety of data protection and labor law issues and questions, that need to be addressed in advance.

In the blog articles by fwp partners Monika Sturm and Stefan Adametz, you will get an overview of the relevant legal provisions as well as the steps that need to be implemented in companies.

At the fwp Legal Breakfast on Whistleblower: Selected Data Protection & Employment Law Issues in Whistleblower Systems on March 8, 2023, fwp partners Monika Sturm and Kurt Wratzfeld highlighted and presented the employment and data protection aspects of the HSchG. The slides of the presentation can be found here. 

Our experts Monika Sturm, Kurt Wratzfeld and Stefan Adametz will be happy to assist you in determining whether your company is affected by the requirements of the HSchG and to answer any questions you may have on setting up a reporting channel or on the concrete implementation and design of the process.