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On June 1, 2022, the amended Whistleblower Protection Act (the “Amended Act”) went into effect. Some drastic revisions made in the Amended Act include (i) expansion of the scope of the definition of Whistleblowing (e.g., Whistleblowing now includes acts of reporting not only by workers but also by officers or persons who used to be workers within the last year), (ii) enhancement of the requirements for the protection of whistleblowers (e.g., relaxing the requirements for the so-called “Item II Reports” and “Item III Reports” made by workers), and (iii) enhancement of measures to be taken by business operators/ administrative agencies (e.g., business operators are now mandated to take certain measures, and some obligations have been imposed on personnel who perform the duties of processing Whistleblowing reports).
