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Workshop | Protection of a whistleblower
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7 December | 10:00-14:00 | paid hybrid event
The closer we get to the end of the year, the more we will know about the final shape of the implementation of the Directive on protection of whistleblowers. The draft of the national legislation was published in the second half of October. For this reason, we are devoting a separate workshop to this issue, the programme of which will focus on the aspects of the new regulations on whistleblower protection which are most important for employers.
PROGRAM
Module I
- Whistleblowing - Legal foundations of whistleblowing (sector regulations, Whistleblower Protection Directive)
- Who can be a whistleblower? Conditions for qualifying as a whistleblower
- Material scope of whistleblowing - what can be reported?
- Whistleblowing - right or duty?
Module II
Protection of a whistleblower according to the EU Directive and the draft law
- Whistleblower protection measures in Polish law - current and proposed regulations (law implementing the Directive)
- Whistleblowing vs. permitted criticism
- Whistleblower as an accomplice to fraud - does he/she deserve protection?
- External whistleblower - disclosure in the media
- The whistleblowing procedure as a key element of the compliance system
- Best whistleblowing standards (including ISO 37002 Whistleblowing management systems - Guidelines)
Module III
Discussion
The workshop is addressed to compliance officers, in-house lawyers, security specialists, HR directors, members of management overseeing compliance and legal security of an entity.
Who should be interested in the workshop?
The workshop is addressed to compliance officers, in-house lawyers, security specialists, HR directors, executives overseeing compliance and legal security of an entity.
Why is it worth taking part?
Each participant will receive a practical set of information allowing them to:
- Make decisions on how to act towards persons reporting suspected irregularities.
- Identify which protection measures are available to the whistleblower and when they should be used.
- Understand the interdependencies between the most important elements of the whistleblowing procedure and other regulations in force in the organisation.
Cost of participation
The cost of participation in one workshop is PLN 1,200 net. The cost of participation in four workshops is PLN 4,000 net.
The cost of participation in two workshops on internal proceedings is net PLN 2,200 (SESSION #1 and SESSION #2).
In case of participation of two or more persons from the same organization, the cost of participation of each additional person in a single workshop is net PLN 900.
The cost includes:
- Participation in the workshop(s)
- Weekly access to the recording
- Presentation and training materials
Participants are encouraged to send questions and examples they would like to discuss during the workshop. Selected issues will be included and discussed.
We reserve the right to cancel the event. In this case, the participant will be informed 3 days before the workshop starts.
Speakers
Attorney-at-law / Partner / Head of the Poznan Office / Executive MBA.
Łukasz has nearly 20 years of experience in HR law.
He advises on collective employment relations and deals with trade unions, including conducting collective disputes and negotiations. He has vast experience in implementing, negotiating and terminating collective agreements and other social agreements, as well as employee guarantees.
He conducts workforce reorganisations, including collective redundancies, voluntary leave programmes, and other forms of downsizing.
He created and developed the Employee Capital Plans practice, and introduced a social insurance pillar.
Łukasz is the head of the “Going Paperless” program, which aims to digitise HR processes.
His clients include companies from the retail, energy, logistics, TMT, and pharma industries. He is the author of many publications in the trade press.
Łukasz is ranked by The Legal 500 EMEA international ranking in the field of employment law and white-collar crime. He is a member of the European Employment Lawyers Association.
He implements new technologies and tools for work organization, communication and management of law firms.
Head of the Business Crime and Compliance Practice.
Janusz has over 15 years of experience in managing complex, high-stakes business crime matters and internal investigations. He advises and represents corporate and individual clients in investigations and prosecutions by law enforcement authorities, including domestic and multi-jurisdictional cases.
He blends years of litigation practice with in-depth knowledge of how corporations operate, and the liability borne by top management.
More recently, he has been dealing with high-profile, corporate internal investigations, concerning allegations of fraud and corruption (commercial and public) in companies from the financial, media and wood industries . Moreover, he has been advising corporate and individual clients on white-collar prosecutions related to allegations of commercial and tax fraud and abuse of trust offences, as well as on compliance and remediation programs to address detected irregularities.
His unique area of expertise concerns offences committed in the workplace, i.e. related to health and safety, as well as relations with trade unions.
He serves as an expert witness who gives evidence in British courts regarding the Polish law and justice system.
He is a member of the International Bar Association (Senior Vice-Chair of the Criminal Law Committee), the European Criminal Bar Association, the European Fraud and Compliance Lawyers Association, and the Extradition Lawyers Association. Since 2010 Janusz has been a judge at the Warsaw and National Bar disciplinary bodies (lawyers’ professional liability).
He is highly regarded in international rankings, such as Chambers Europe and The Legal 500 EMEA in white-collar crime, and Who's Who Legal as a Thought Leader and Global Leader in Business Crime Defence and Investigations.
He is a speaker and organiser of conferences on the many aspects of criminal liability. Author of Polish and international publications regarding criminal law.