Lietuvos Respublikos pranešėjų apsaugos įstatymas Nr. XIII-804 (Law on the Protection of Whistleblowers)

Law No. XIII-804 of 28 Nov 2017 on the Protection of Whistleblowers (10 pp., original text, in force 1 Jan 2019): definitions; grounds for reports; channels (internal, competent institution, public) with 5- and 2-working-day handling deadlines; Prosecutor's Office as competent institution and its functions incl. publishing statistics; recognition as whistleblower; confidentiality; ban on retaliation and reversed burden of proof; remedies; Art. 12 reward for valuable information (any violation, proportional to damage, no maximum, not tied to a court judgment, procedure set by Government); Art. 13 compensation up to 50 basic social benefits, not combined with a reward; Art. 14 free secondary legal aid; Art. 15 exemption from liability; Art. 16 internal channels. Anonymous reporters get protection only if their identity is revealed (Art. 3(6)); a report must give the name (Art. 4(6)). No statistics. Rules award_cap (none) and discretionary were already in the data; added conviction_required = 0 and compensation cap (proposed rules) and the adoption and entry-into-force events. Rules restated from other sources are now recorded from this document too (decision 8).