Workplace Whistleblower Protection in Poland: Current Situation and Perspectives

Dagmara Skupień

doi:10.18778/8220-639-5

Workplace Whistleblower Protection in Poland: Current Situation and Perspectives

Dagmara Skupień

University of Łódź, Faculty of Law and Administration, Department of European, International and Collective Labour Law

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Towards a Better Protection of Workplace Whistleblowers in the Visegrad Countries, France and Slovenia

Series: Law

Pages: 141-169

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18778/8220-639-5.08

Published: 30 December 2021

Categories: Law, Open Access

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The chapter analyses the current legal situation of whistleblowers in work-related context in Poland. Protection of whistleblowers is not regulated by a single comprehensive legal act but may be granted on the basis of different pieces of legislation as well as according to the case law of the Supreme Court, which established the concept of ‘permissible criticism’ expressed by a worker. The level of whistleblower protection is by no means satisfactory, especially as regards atypical workers. The author assesses the shortcomings of the current legal situation and presents proposals for improvement in the light of the EU Whistleblower Protection Directive and international conventions ratified by Poland.

Dagmara Skupień, University of Łódź, Faculty of Law and Administration, Department of European, International and Collective Labour Law

Dr hab., Professor at the University of Lodz, Faculty of Law and Administration, and an attorney at law at the Bar of Lodz. Author of monographs and other publications on Polish and European labour law in Poland and abroad. Speaker at Polish and international congresses and conferences Associate member of the International Academy of Comparative Law (AIDC-IACL). Member of the European Trade Union Institute’s “Worker Participation Europe network”. Former chairperson of the Polish section of Henri Capitant Association des amis de la culture juridique française (2012–2018). At present, coordinator of the Visegrad Grant Workplace Whistleblower Protection in the V4 Countries, France and Slovenia (WhistlePro).

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Skupień, Dagmara, ed. 2021. “Workplace Whistleblower Protection in Poland: Current Situation and Perspectives”. In Towards a Better Protection of Workplace Whistleblowers in the Visegrad Countries, France and Slovenia, 141-69. Law. Poland: Lodz University Press. https://doi.org/10.18778/8220-639-5.08.