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France set to introduce new protections for whistleblowers this year

By Phoebe Seers
  • 21 Feb 2022 10:18
  • 21 Feb 2022 10:18
Employers in France could soon face three-year jail sentences as well as fines of up to 60,000 euros ($68,000) for retaliating against employees who speak up against corporate wrongdoing. 
A new law, passed through the senate last week (see here), goes even further than the EU whistleblowing directive it transposes,

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Phoebe Seers

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Phoebe has covered Financial Crime and compliance issues for MLex since 2015, initially in the Hong Kong bureau and currently in London. While in Hong Kong she won two SOPA awards for her reporting on corruption in the energy sector in Indonesia. Prior to journalism she worked as a solicitor with a focus on white-collar crime litigation in London and Hong Kong. She has a BA in English and Philosophy from Newcastle University.

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