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Dr Irmina Miernicka
ORCID: 0000-0002-6646-4479

Dr Irmina Miernicka, PhD in legal sciences, since 2020 assistant professor in the Department of European, International and Collective Labour Law at the Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Lodz. Author of publications in Polish and English, speaker at international and national conferences. Her scientific interests focus, among others, on the issues of interference in the sphere of employee's freedom and discrimination. During her doctoral studies she received a grant for scientific research for young scientists and doctoral students. She is the author of a book entitled Requirements concerning appearance of employees as an interference in their sphere of freedom. Since 2016, a legal advisor belonging to the Lodz Bar Association of Attorneys-at-Law.

 
DOI: 10.33226/0032-6186.2021.9.4
JEL: K31, J83

The Conference, organised by the Faculty of Law and Administration, Department of European, International and Collective Labour Law, University of Lodz within the Visegrad Grant concerning Workplace Whistleblower Protection in the V4 Countries, France and Slovenia (WhistlePro), took place on 15.06.2021. It aimed to present current regulations in the realm of the whistleblower protection as well as proposals for changes and to disseminate the results of the WhistlePro project. Among the speakers there were scientists, including WhistlePro project experts representing universities from V4 countries, France and Slovenia, representatives of the European Commission, state authorities, social partners, non-governmental organizations and employers. Thus, the content of the conference was very diversified and considered multiple points of view.

Keywords: : whistleblowing; whistleblowers; EU Whistleblower Protection Directive; Directive (EU) 2019/1937; International Visegrad Fund; WhistlePro