The whistleblower scheme can be used for serious offences within EU law and it is possible to report incidents anonymously. The scheme can be used in the following main areas:
- Ethical offences, including bribery and corruption
- Financial offences, including money laundering
- Health and safety issues
- Accounting and reporting irregularities
- Discrimination, harassment and abusive behaviour
- Environmental and climate offences
- Human rights and labour rights violations
The whistleblower scheme cannot be used to report personal conflicts that are not a direct violation of applicable laws or our internal policies.