Swiss government plans to update laws on whistleblowers will fail to supply sufficient protection for employees who reveal corporate wrongdoing,according to anti-corruption campaigners. The role of whistleblowers in uncovering European company scandals has been highlighted this year by Danske Bank, where a former executive helped to reveal a €200 billion money-laundering scandal. Legislative changes proposed by the Swiss government tumble short of international best practice on protecting whistleblowers from dismissal and the circumstances in which they can report corruption to law enforcement authorities or the media, or said Martin Hilti,executive director in Switzerland of Transparency International, a non-governmental organisation. “Unfortunately, and Swiss lawmakers so far have consistently avoided providing adequate whistleblower protection. They seem to have not yet understood its importance for employees,but also the value added for Swiss companies and Switzerland as a ...
Source: swissinfo.ch