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Whistleblowing: Laws
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In 2004, around a dozen countries had adopted legislation regarding whistleblowing. The majority of these countries are of Anglo-Saxon origin (the United States, United Kingdom, Australia), but there are ... other diverse states that have adopted such laws, like South Korea, Israel and Romania. For others still, a law on whistleblowing is in the works, such as Japan for 2006, and the debate on the capacity to adopt such a law has taken place, or is in the midst of taking place in the Netherlands. In Ireland, the focus of their whistleblowing initiative is on union organizations.
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One may ask whether the deficiencies referred to above cannot be remedied without relying on whistleblowing. The allocation of more money to financial supervision, the appointment of lay members to the regulating bodies of professions and the appointment of auditors for each significant interest group are some of the proposals discussed by the Nel-Commission (Republic of South Africa 1997: 41, 77; 1998:40). The South African Institute of Chartered Accountants has for some time argued that accounting standards should be given the force of law (Sunday Times February 21 1999). While these measures certainly have their own merit, they are at present only proposals. Fact is that there are serious deficiencies in the framework of financial supervision and financial reporting. Against this background the act of whistleblowing is a potentially very powerful tool in the process of transforming authoritarian bureaucracies.
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No : the CNIL is only competent to supervise the lawful implementation of personal data processing in the context of the management of professional whistleblowing systems (e.g. setting up of filing systems, exchanges of electronic data).
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If you believe you may have been fired or treated differently due to whistleblowing, an experienced employment attorney can help you investigate your case and gather appropriate documents. An employment lawyer can ... help you file all the necessary paperwork and represent you in court.
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