Anonymous by design
A report is saved with no name, no account and no device fingerprint. There is no field for your administrators to look up.
Speak up (whistleblowing)
Speak up safely. Anonymously.
An anonymous reporting channel with two-way conversation, built for the EU Whistleblower Directive — the case stores no name or account, so an administrator has nothing to trace the reporter by.
Capabilities
What the speak-up channel does.
A channel people will actually use has to be anonymous by design, not by promise: the case itself holds no name and no account.
Two-way conversation
The handler can ask follow-up questions and the reporter can answer, through the same anonymous case, without ever revealing who they are.
Built for the EU Whistleblower Directive
An internal channel with acknowledgement, follow-up and confidentiality — the elements Directive (EU) 2019/1937 requires of internal reporting.
One inbox for handlers
Reports land with the people you designate. Each case keeps its conversation and its status together, separate from the rest of HR.
A record of the handling
Every status change and every message on a case is kept with its date, so you can show how a report was handled. The case never records who reported.
Included, not an add-on
The channel ships with every HourSquare account, like every other module: free forever for teams of up to 10 people, and free for now for larger teams.
How a case flows
From a report to a closed case.
Four steps, and at no point does anyone learn who spoke up.
- 1
Someone reports
They open the channel in HourSquare, describe the concern and send it. The report is saved without their name or account.
- 2
A handler picks it up
The case appears in the handler's inbox and is acknowledged. The reporter can come back to it at any time.
- 3
They talk it through
Handler and reporter exchange messages inside the case. Questions get answered; identity stays hidden.
- 4
The case is closed
The outcome is recorded and the case closed. The case history keeps the how, never the who.
The Directive
What the EU Whistleblower Directive asks of an employer.
Directive (EU) 2019/1937 sets the baseline for internal reporting channels. These are three of its requirements — the channel is designed around them.
50+
Employees
Private-sector employers with 50 or more workers must have an internal reporting channel.
7 days
To acknowledge
Receipt of a report must be acknowledged to the reporter within seven days.
3 months
To give feedback
Feedback on the report must follow within a reasonable time — no longer than three months from the acknowledgement.
Source: Directive (EU) 2019/1937, Articles 8 and 9. National transposition may set stricter rules — check the law that applies to you.
Works with
Part of the platform, apart from the record.
Speak-up is the one module that never touches the employee record. Everything else shares it.
FAQ
Questions about speak-up
Short answers to what people ask before they trust a channel.
See all questionsCan an administrator find out who reported?
No. The report is stored without a name, account or device identifier, so there is nothing in the case for an administrator to look up.
How can the reporter answer follow-up questions if they are anonymous?
Each case has its own anonymous conversation. The reporter returns to the case to read the handler's questions and reply, without identifying themselves.
Who handles the reports?
The people you designate. Handling is a separate permission, so it can sit with one compliance owner rather than the whole HR team.
Do we need this if we have fewer than 50 employees?
The Directive's obligation starts at 50 workers, but a trusted channel is useful at any size — and it is included in every HourSquare account, so there is no reason to wait.
Ready when you are
Give your team a channel they can trust.
Every module included, no card to sign up. Free forever for teams of up to 10 people; larger teams are free for now, and we'll tell you first if that changes.
Free forever up to 10 people · No card to sign up · GDPR-native · EU-hosted