A total of three managers at the company were indicted for violating the freedom of communication in April 2022, and in October two of the three defendants were convicted. The Court of Appeal now confirms the district court’s judgment.
It was during the pandemic that an employee of the company sounded the alarm to the media about deficiencies in the infection protection at a nursing home. The female care assistant then received a warning from her employer citing that she had breached the duty of loyalty.
In public care, staff have whistleblower protection, that is, a constitutionally protected right to anonymously provide information to the mass media. Message protection also applies to employees in private companies that are financed with public funds, such as Attendo.