Legal Alerts
On 23 April 2022, a new Act on the Protection of Persons Reporting Irregularities entered into force, implementing the so-called Whistleblowing Directive (Directive (EU) 2019/1937) in the Croatian legal system. As the name suggests, the main purpose of the Act is to create preconditions that, through the increased protection of "whistleblowers", encourage reporting of irregularities. The main role in this task was handed over to employers, who have been bound with a number of new and extensive obligations regarding the establishment and the structure of internal irregularity reporting systems. As the implementation deadlines are swiftly approaching, each employer should promptly re-examine its internal processes, make the required adjustments and cause its business to be compliant with the Act.