Employees in companies are often the first to notice legal violations. It is often thanks to their tips 
that abuses can be pursued and stopped. The Whistleblower Protection Act protects these persons from possible discrimination or other disadvantages. The new law creates the prerequisite for employees to be able to speak out freely about violations in their professional environment - in an independent place, without having to fear reprisals. From now on, companies in Germany are 
required to set up an internal whistleblowing office to which tips from employees can be sent, 
anonymously if desired.

Whistleblowers are persons who publish information from a secret or protected context or who expose abuses that are important for the public to know. Whistleblower disclosures of abuses or crimes include corruption, insider trading, human rights violations, misuse of data, or general dangers that the whistleblower learned about at work or in other contexts. In general, this mainly concerns processes in politics, public authorities and business enterprises. Source: Bundesregierung.de

Since July 2, 2023, companies with 250 or more employees and municipalities with 10,000 or more inhabitants have been required to introduce an internal whistleblowing office that effectively protects whistleblowers. As of mid-December 2023, the law will also apply to companies with 50 or more employees. This grace period does not apply to public sector employers.

audius offers support for companies of all sizes in cooperation with the security expert and cloud provider whistle.law. The entire process surrounding the new legislation is thereby outsourced and covered. Your employees are not burdened with additional tasks - and all this at transparent prices with no hidden costs, as a predictable fixed figure in the budget.

Important basis for the fulfillment of the law: A reporting channel accessible to all employees outside the company’s systems in the cloud - independent of the company IT, available on all devices at all times, and only viewable by a specific group of people. Programmed and hosted in Germany, the software is DIN 27001 certified and DSGVO compliant.

Only an external ombudsperson who does not belong to the company can act neutrally and objectively without any conflicts of interest arising. The specialists we employ have many years of expertise, act discreetly and on instruction, and take organizational responsibility for the entire process.

A cloud-based reporting platform plus experienced ombudspersons: With this holistic solution, we can relieve you of the high organizational burden that the Whistleblower Protection Act entails.

Your team will only be specifically involved in individual cases as needed, keeping workload and time management manageable for your staff. This way, you can always be sure to act in compliance with the law and within the legal deadlines, thus reducing the risk of investigations, legal proceedings or fines.