“Whistleblowers: penalties are coming, and not just for employers” – attorney Magdalena Sienkiewicz for Rzeczpospolit
9 July 2025 • Autor: Kancelaria Brysiewicz Bokina i Wspólnicy
Five new offences are envisaged by the whistleblower bill. A person who commits them may face a prison sentence of up to three years.
Until 17 December 2021. Poland had a deadline to implement Directive (EU) 2019/1937 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2019 on the protection of whistleblowers. For now, there is only a draft law, commonly referred to as the Law on the Protection of Whistleblowers.
In an article for Rzeczpospolita, advocate Magdalena Sienkiewicz discusses the draft substantive criminal provisions included in the draft act on whistleblowers. The substantive provisions are, in the simplest terms, provisions covering a catalogue of criminal acts and the penalties envisaged by the legislator for committing such acts – i.e. new offences.
The bill provides for the introduction of as many as 5 new offences into the legal system.
The article is available HERE
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