The new law, which entered into force on January 1, 2017, would strengthen the protection of whistle-blowers by giving fines for employers who punish employees and agency staff who raises the alarm about abuses on the job.
But so far the new law has not been tested in court.
” Hopefully, it depends on that Swedish employers do not expose the whistle-blowers for retaliation. But there is a clear risk that you are reluctant to notify their employer. If you have already suffered retaliation, of course, a new notification mean that it’s all scaled up, ” says Tommy Iseskog, researcher and former university lecturer who wrote a book on the new law.
in Addition, workers can be afraid to it can be difficult to get new jobs.
– IN the US it is easier to move to a different state and start a new life. Sweden is a small country.
to many companies in the paper has the nice policy documents on health and safety and which encourages visselblåsning.
” But it is not always the one you live as you learn. It’s all about the attitude questions. In a healthy business, I think that employers should actively encourage employees to visselblåsa.
the DN has told you about the Power of the treatment of whistle-blowers in the Netherlands, which is now being investigated by a newly established Dutch visselblåsarmyndighet. Tommy Iseskog see the possibilities with such authority, even in Sweden.
– A supervisory authority would be able to make the issue less individberoende.
