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The new Italian whistleblowing rules are applicable as of July 15, 2023 against companies with an annual average of more than 249 employees.
The Italian Legislative Decree 24/2023 introducing in the new whistleblowing rules is now applicable for companies with an average of at least 249 employees, while the deadline is postponed to December 17, 2023 for companies with fewer than 249 – but more than 50 – employees.
Thus, companies have now to comply with the new legislation avoiding the penalties provided therein. The new Italian whistleblowing rules, in fact, introduce a more onerous regime than in the past and new obligations, including privacy obligations on the processing of personal data, for the implementation and management of channels for reporting conduct, including potentially unlawful conduct or conduct in violation of the law.
With the whistleblowing decree, not only public sector entities and companies subject to the obligations of Italian corporate criminal liability are obliged to implement so-called whistleblowing channels, but also medium and large companies will have to allow their employees and other individuals with whom they have business dealings to report violations, misconduct or misconduct occurring within the organization in which they work. In particular, companies to which the Italian whistleblowing rules apply must adopt internal reporting channels that are secure and allow reports to be made while maintaining strict confidentiality and protecting whistleblowers, their facilitators and those close to them.
But what to do next? In this infographic, we briefly summarize the next actions that companies should immediately consider.
On a similar topic, you can find the following article interesting: “First GDPR fine for insecure whistleblowing system in Italy“.
