Six practical guides, one for each partner country, help people who have witnessed wrongdoing at work understand their rights and options. 

Something isn’t right at work, and you are wondering whether to say something. For many people, this is where the doubts begin: Am I protected? Where should I report? What happens if my employer finds out? 

To help answer these questions, VoiceGuard has published its Country Knowledge Guides, a series of plain-language guides for anyone thinking about reporting wrongdoing at work. There is one guide for each of the six partner countries: Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Greece, Luxembourg, Romania and Spain. 

What’s inside 

Each guide follows the same simple structure and is adapted to the national law and institutions of its country. It explains: 

• who is protected, from employees and freelancers to trainees, volunteers, job applicants and former staff; 

• what can be reported, and what falls outside whistleblower protection; 

• the ways to report and how to choose the safest one; 

• how confidentiality and anonymity work; 

• what retaliation looks like, what to do in the first 48 hours, and what to avoid; 

• what happens after a report is made, including the deadlines authorities and organisations must meet; 

• how to look after your wellbeing during a process that can be stressful; 

• where to get help: national authorities, legal aid, EU bodies and the VoiceGuard partner in each country. 

The guides also include practical tools, such as a checklist to complete before reporting, tips for protecting evidence and staying safe online, and a quick list of do’s and don’ts. 

Where to find them 

The guides are available on the VoiceGuard platform, under Resources & Support > Country Knowledge Guide: [link]. Each language version of the page shows the guide for the corresponding country. 

The guides provide information, not legal advice. They are a starting point: if you are facing a difficult decision, they show you where to find qualified support, starting with the VoiceGuard partner organisation in your country.