meddelarskydd

Compound of meddelare (“informant”) +‎ skydd (“protection”). First attested in 1978.

meddelarskydd n

1. (law) whistleblower protection; the legal right to act as a source to a newspaper under anonymity and without punishment (with certain restrictions on national security and confidentiality)
   • 2024 November 20, Moa Ferm, “Vårdbiträde larmade om brister – får rätt i HD [Care assistant reported shortcomings – wins in Supreme Court]”, in SVT Nyheter:

     Två av tre högt uppsatta Attendo-anställda dömdes i tingsrätten för brott mot lagen om meddelarskydd för att ha delat ut en skriftlig anmärkning mot vårdbiträdet efter att hon i Expressen påpekat upplevda missförhållanden på äldreboendet. I september 2023 slog hovrätten fast att de genom varningen bröt mot lagen om meddelarskydd.

     Two out of three senior Attendo employees were convicted in the district court for violating the law on whistleblower protection after issuing a written reprimand to the care assistant who had pointed out perceived misconduct at the nursing home in an Expressen article. In September 2023, the Court of Appeal ruled that the warning violated the law on whistleblower protection.

• anskaffarfrihet (“freedom to gather information”)
• efterforskningsförbud (“prohibition of inquiry”)
• källskydd (“source protection”)
• meddelarfrihet (“freedom to communicate”)

• meddelarskydd in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)