The Danish trade union, FH, has a whistleblower scheme in place to report inappropriate behavior, which was established after a woman reported observing inappropriate behavior from the organization’s president, Lizette Risgaard, towards a young man. The woman contacted FH’s vice-president after a meeting in 2021, leading to the establishment of the whistleblower scheme and a code of conduct. Recently, several young men have reported inappropriate behavior from Risgaard, including touching and dancing too closely. Several unions within FH have withdrawn their support for Risgaard, and the organization’s executive committee has held an emergency meeting to discuss the situation. The incident that led to the whistleblower scheme’s creation involved Risgaard touching a young man inappropriately. The FH did not elaborate on the details of the incident, but the young man involved did not feel that he was being harassed. The FH’s vice-president later had a conversation with Risgaard about the incident and how those in positions of power should interact with others. The FH has since created a code of conduct and a whistleblower scheme to handle similar incidents.
Danish Trade Union Implements Whistleblower Scheme.
