Unio will have varslerombud – Daily

Unio will have a knowledge centre and a varslerombud that whistleblowers can complain to and who can intervene in conflicts at the workplace.

this measure comes after the Daily newspaper yesterday talked about a completely fresh Fafo-report, which suggests that whistle-blowers have gotten worse circumstances. The report shows that both the proportion of whistleblowers who believe it helped to notify, has decreased and that a higher proportion than before say they are met with sanctions.

– We have to turn the negative trends that Fafo-report shows, ” says deputy chairman Kjetil Rekdal in the Unio.

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Unio will ensure that those alerts, not be subject to sanctions. We believe we must increase the knowledge around varslingsregelverket through a national varslingsguide which among other things says how you should notify and deal with a notice that explains that there is a prohibition against retaliation, ” says Rekdal.

He points out that the situation is the employee who alerts being put in, is very special.

– When an employee after a careful and thorough review, go to the step to deliver a notification, it means you are extra susceptible and sensitive to the tilbakmelding from both employer and colleagues. Our experience shows that this happens no matter how mentally strong and aware you are. You have an expectation to be heard when you alerts. But if the employer is unsure on how to safeguard notifier, can the fear of making a mistake that may lead to the employer withdrawing, and it can be experienced as a sanction, ” says Rekdal.

An ombudsperson will more easily be able to see the entirety of a case, he considers.

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Monika-case

Rekdal think that there have been several cases where whistleblowers have experienced sanctions, can help to ensure that fewer will take the chance to notify.

– There have been some cases that have revealed errors and shortcomings in the system, and it tempts people to expose themselves to the danger they see that is there. It may perhaps be with on to give the development we see today.

He points out that the Police Association, which is an association under the Unio, after Monika-case went out and recommended its members not to notify because the consequences of it can be great.

the Policeman Robin Schaefer began on their own to dig in Monika’s case because he believed it was inadequately investigated. In the winter of 2014 he tried several times to get the lead by politihuset in Bergen with him that the matter should be taken up again.

– It is clear that there is no time limits to notify after the case, although, of course, we want that negative events are revealed, ” says Rekdal.