The EU Whistleblower Directive was transposed into national law in February 2023, creating a new cross-sectoral protection right for whistleblowers. According to the Whistleblower Protection Act ("HSchG"), companies with more than 50 employees must set up internal reporting offices by the end of August. For companies with less than 250 employees, this deadline has been extended to 17 December 2023.
On this occasion, the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber, together with the Institute for Innovation and Digitalisation in Law, is organising an event to discuss the implementation of specific requirements in national law (e.g. group exemption, administrative penalties) and their implementation in companies (e.g. digital reporting channel, dealing with anonymous reports).
Speakers
Keynote speech
- Walter NEUBAUER, Head of Group II/B (Labour Law) at the Federal Ministry of Labour and Economics
Panel
- Dr. Natalie SÉGUR-CABANAC, Expert for Regulatory, Compliance and Data Protection
- Mag. Wolfram HITZ, Labour Law Expert, Austrian Federal Chamber of Commerce, Federal Department of Information and Consulting
- Lawyer MMag. Sabine FEHRINGER, DLA Piper Weiss-Tessbach Rechtsanwälte GmbH, Partner
Location
- Tuesday, 17 October 2023, 17:30 - 19:30
- Top floor of the Juridicum, Schottenbastei 10-16 A-1010 Vienna
Participation is free of charge. For organisational reasons we kindly ask you to register here.
Organisers
- Mag. Ursula ILLIBAUER, Austrian Federal Economic Chamber, Information and Consulting Division
- Univ.-Ass. Dr. Žiga ŠKORJANC, Department for Innovation and Digitalisation in Law, University of Vienna
