Sanctions Committee: IDA must be a safe place for both members and employees

IDA's Sanctions Committee handles misconduct concerning IDA's members. IDA employees can report cases to the Sanctions Committee, but the committee does not handle cases concerning IDA employees.

The Sanctions Committee is tasked with dealing swiftly and confidentially with complaints of inappropriate behaviour from members, staff, volunteers and elected representatives. The sanctions committee sanctions both cases reported via the whistleblower scheme and cases reported directly to the sanctions committee, called the Sanctions Committee Scheme.

Cases reported directly to the Sanctions Committee will typically be misconduct of a less serious nature, as well as violations of IDA's rules, cooperation difficulties, inappropriate behaviour, etc. The offence must relate to the reported person's work on behalf of IDA or in IDA.

The Sanctions Committee can impose temporary sanctions on members, such as losing the right to organise events, participate in events, represent IDA in committees or receive legal advice.

Sanctions regarding IDA's President are decided by IDA's Board of Representatives and deprivation of the Vice President's or the chairperson of the Council of Employees' representative office is decided by the Executive Committee. Both decisions are made on the basis of a recommendation from the Sanctions Committee.

The Sanction Committee consists of IDA members in good standing. The Committee is authorised by the Executive Committee to sanction any cases reported via the Whistleblower Scheme or directly to the Sanctions Committee via the Sanctions Committee Scheme.

Reporting misconduct to the Sanctions Committee Scheme

What can be reported: Misconduct may include sexual harassment, offensive behaviour, financial crime, cooperation difficulties, violation of IDA's established rules and guidelines, exploitation of system access/access to member information and inappropriate behaviour. Misconduct may occur in connection with member counselling, meetings/conferences etc., on social media or in connection with IDA activities in general.

Who can report: Who can report: IDA employees and former employees, IDA volunteers, politically appointed persons and elected representatives in IDA, union representatives in the public and private sector, members in general, members of IDA's Group of Directors as well as temporary workers and other persons who temporarily perform work for IDA and who are subject to IDA's management rights.

Who can be reported on: IDA volunteers, politically elected and appointed members of IDA, union representatives in the public and private sector, members in general. The offence must relate to the reported person's work on behalf of IDA or in IDA.

The IDA Steering Committee will be informed - in anonymised form - of all reported misconduct.

Report misconduct to the Sanctions Committee

Sanctioning of serious misconduct reported via IDA's Whistleblower scheme

The Sanctions Committee sanctions any serious misconduct that is reported by employees and volunteers via IDA's whistleblower scheme and is committed by IDA's volunteers, politically elected and appointed members of IDA, union representatives in the public and private sector as well as members in general.

The offense must relate to the reported person's work on behalf of IDA or in IDA.

Read about IDA's whistleblower scheme

Other complaints regarding IDA

Complaints about IDA's services, services, Teknogiens Mediehus or IDA's general activity can be submitted per mail

Read more about complaints here