🇧🇪 Belgium compliance
Klokkenluiderssoftware voor Belgique / België
In Belgique / België zet de Loi du 28 novembre 2022 de EU-Klokkenluidersrichtlijn 2019/1937 om in nationaal recht en verplicht bedrijven met 50+ werknemers tot een vertrouwelijk intern meldkanaal. Meldingen moeten binnen 7 dagen worden bevestigd en binnen 3 maanden inhoudelijk worden beantwoord. Boetes voor niet-naleving lopen op tot €72,000.
Confidly is a GDPR-compliant whistleblowing channel built for companies in Belgium (Belgique / België) operating under Loi du 28 novembre 2022 (Whistleblowing Act 2022). The intake form is auto-configured with the categories and disclosures Whistleblowing Act 2022 requires. Reporters can attach audio or video oral statements to a web submission; a native phone-hotline or voicemail channel is on roadmap. The mandatory 7-day acknowledgement and 3-month feedback updates are automated. Set up in 15 minutes. Hosted in the EU. Used by compliance teams from 50 to 5,000 employees.
| Law | Loi du 28 novembre 2022 |
| In force since | 15 February 2023 |
| Who must comply | 50+ employees |
| Enforcement | Federal Ombudsman |
| Max fine | €72,000 |
| Companies affected | ~14,000 companies with 50+ employees |
What Whistleblowing Act 2022 requires you to do
Loi du 28 novembre 2022 transposes the EU Whistleblower Directive 2019/1937 into Belgium national law. The core obligations for companies above the threshold (50+ employees):
- Maintain a confidential internal reporting channel
- Acknowledge every report within 7 days
- Provide feedback to the reporter within 3 months
- Designate a person or unit to handle reports
- Protect the reporter from retaliation
- Keep records for the case duration + the audit window
In Belgium, enforcement sits with Federal Ombudsman. Maximum fines for non-compliance reach €72,000.
Estimate your exposure under Whistleblowing Act 2022 with the fines calculator.
How Confidly covers Whistleblowing Act 2022
- Country-specific intake template for Whistleblowing Act 2022: the form is auto-configured with the categories, disclosures and fields the Belgium transposition requires. No manual setup per channel.
- Anonymous intake available where Belgium law permits. Reporters get a server-issued case code and their own 6-digit secret. No email, no IP, no identifier stored.
- Oral-statement attachments on every plan: reporters upload audio or video oral statements directly into the web form, with EXIF/metadata stripping. A staffed phone hotline or AI-transcribed voicemail channel is on roadmap, in support of the oral-reporting requirement that Whistleblowing Act 2022 carries from EU Directive 2019/1937 Art. 16.
- Form pre-translated into NL, FR, EN. AI translates incoming reports to your working language on the admin side.
- Auto reporter status updates at 7 days (acknowledgement) and 3 months (status), in the reporter's language. Whistleblowing Act 2022 feedback obligation satisfied by default.
- AI investigation copilot (Pro): AI summarises, classifies severity, drafts neutral replies, and clusters multi-reporter patterns to surface systemic issues.
- Append-only audit log required for Federal Ombudsman audits. Every action recorded with actor, timestamp and metadata.
- EU data residency: all data stored in EU data centres. Per-channel residency on Enterprise (data for Belgium entities stays in Belgium). No third-country transfers.
- Native HRIS sync (Pro): Personio, BambooHR. Auto-revoke channel access on offboarding; flag when a named-in-report person leaves the company.
What does Confidly cost in Belgium?
Three plans, EUR-priced (VAT reverse-charged for EU B2B). Pick a tier by company size; everything else is included.
Frequently asked questions: Whistleblowing Act 2022
- Is a whistleblowing channel mandatory in Belgium?
- Yes. Loi du 28 novembre 2022 (Whistleblowing Act 2022), the Belgium transposition of EU Directive 2019/1937, requires companies with 50+ employees to operate a confidential internal whistleblowing channel. The law has been in force since 15 February 2023.
- What are the fines for non-compliance with Whistleblowing Act 2022?
- Maximum administrative fines under Whistleblowing Act 2022 reach €72,000. Enforcement is carried out by Federal Ombudsman. Fines apply both for failing to establish a channel and for retaliation against reporters.
- Does Whistleblowing Act 2022 require anonymous reporting?
- Whistleblowing Act 2022 permits anonymous reporting where Belgium national law allows. Confidly's reporter UI issues a server-side case code and reporter-only secret (no email, IP address, or browser identifier is stored), so reporters can submit and follow up entirely anonymously.
- What are the timelines under Whistleblowing Act 2022?
- Companies must acknowledge a report within 7 days of receipt and provide substantive feedback to the reporter within 3 months. Confidly's dashboard tracks both SLAs with automatic reminders.
- Is GDPR satisfied by Whistleblowing Act 2022 compliance?
- Whistleblowing Act 2022 compliance and GDPR are complementary, not equivalent. Confidly is hosted entirely in the EU, signs a GDPR-compliant Data Processing Agreement, and runs an append-only audit log that satisfies both Federal Ombudsman inspections and Article 30 GDPR records.
- How long does it take to deploy a whistleblowing channel for Belgium?
- 15 minutes for the channel itself. Branding, NL, FR, EN translations, and policy import take an additional 1-2 hours. Most Belgium customers go live the same day they sign up.