16/12/2019 (Agence Europe) – The Directive on the protection of whistleblowers entered into force on Monday 16 December. The agreement reached in early March provides for a two-step prioritisation of the reporting of wrongdoing: first an internal or external report to a competent authority, then a media and public report. The directive will cover employees, trainees, subcontractors, service providers, consultants and anyone who has helped the whistleblower (i.e. ‘facilitators’). Any...