{"id":3502,"date":"2025-02-26T10:05:52","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T10:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zuelch.de\/?page_id=3502"},"modified":"2025-07-10T12:12:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T12:12:07","slug":"downloads-certificates-whistleblower-policy-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.zuelch.de\/en\/company\/downloads-certificates-whistleblower-policy-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Wistleblower protection act"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3502\" class=\"elementor elementor-3502 elementor-3501\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68e759e8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"68e759e8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-405a724b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"405a724b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10094283 section-heading elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"10094283\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Whistleblower protection act<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c8f376e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2c8f376e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a0cc8a4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4a0cc8a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zuelch.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/pexels-karolina-grabowska-5387258.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1875\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12f3bd5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"12f3bd5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d8449b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2d8449b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b3faa0a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b3faa0a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The whistleblower protection act is a way for you to inform us about possible violations of legal regulations or compliance guidelines that you observe in connection with your professional activities or in contact with our company.<\/p><p>We take your anonymous reports seriously and treat them confidentially. We protect you from any reprisals you may suffer as a result of your report. <\/p><p>The whistleblower reporting portal is based on the Whistleblower Protection Act (HinSchG), which came into force on July 2, 2023. The Wistleblower protection act regulates the protection of natural persons who report information on offences that fall within the scope of the law. These include offences that are subject to criminal penalties or fines, as well as violations of federal, state and European Union legislation in various areas such as money laundering, product safety, road safety, environmental protection, data protection and tax law.<\/p><p>Have you observed an incident that you would like to report? 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