Workplace Whistleblower Protection in Poland: Current Situation and Perspectives

Skupień, Dagmara

dc.contributor.author	Skupień, Dagmara
dc.contributor.editor	Skupień, Dagmara
dc.date.accessioned	2021-11-19T10:27:19Z
dc.date.available	2021-11-19T10:27:19Z
dc.date.issued	2021
dc.identifier.citation	Skupień D., Workplace Whistleblower Protection in Poland: Current Situation and Perspectives, [in:] Towards a Better Protection of Workplace Whistleblowers in the Visegrad Countries, France and Slovenia, D. Skupień (ed.), WUŁ–WN PWN, Łódź 2021, https://doi.org/10.18778/8220-639-5.08	pl_PL
dc.identifier.isbn	978-83-8220-639-5
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11089/39815
dc.description.abstract	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.	pl_PL
dc.description.sponsorship	The project is co-financed by the Governments of Czechia, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia through Visegrad Grants from International Visegrad Fund. The mission of the Fund is to advance ideas for sustainable regional cooperation in Central Europe.	pl_PL
dc.language.iso	en	pl_PL
dc.publisher	Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego	pl_PL
dc.relation.ispartof	Towards a Better Protection of Workplace Whistleblowers in the Visegrad Countries, France and Slovenia;
dc.rights	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Międzynarodowe	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/	*
dc.subject	Visegrad Countries	pl_PL
dc.subject	Whistleblowers	pl_PL
dc.title	Workplace Whistleblower Protection in Poland: Current Situation and Perspectives	pl_PL
dc.type	Book chapter	pl_PL
dc.page.number	141-169	pl_PL
dc.contributor.authorAffiliation	Uniwersytet Łódzki, Wydział Studiów Międzynarodowych i Politologicznych	pl_PL
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-83-8220-640-1
dc.contributor.authorBiographicalnote	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).	pl_PL
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dc.identifier.doi	10.18778/8220-639-5.08