European Union

“The Current State of Whistleblower Law in Europe” (April 2013): This report details the existing whistleblower protections found throughout Europe. The paper, authored by Government Accountability Project Adjunct Attorney Thad Guyer and Seattle-based attorney Nikolas Peterson, was released ahead of the 2013 midyear meeting of the American Bar Association’s International Labor & Employment Law Committee, held in Rome. The report details how very few European countries have enacted laws that directly protect whistleblowers. This is in stark contrast to the United States, which offers a multitude of different protections for employees across corporate industries and government agencies. The paper argues that most European Union (EU) nations have nothing more than a patchwork of whistleblower protections found buried in other legislation.