As an employee, you can use this portal to report violations that are, for example, subject to penalties or fines to the city administration of Ellwangen.
 If you wish, the report can be made anonymously.
 
 Content of the report
 You can submit information about reasonable suspicions, knowledge of actual or potential violations, and attempts to conceal such violations that have already occurred or are very likely to occur. In addition, you may report unethical conduct or conduct that violates internal policies.
 
 Anonymous reporting
 Reports can be made either with your contact details or 100% anonymously. All reports are treated as strictly confidential. When reporting anonymously, please ensure that no conclusions can be drawn about your person from the description of the incident.
 
 Follow-up of reports
 On this portal you have the possibility to stay in contact with our reporting office after sending your report.
 This helps us to clarify your report and you can find out what happened to your report:
 1) You can view the status of your report.
 2) You can add further information to the report.
 3) We can ask you specific questions that will help us to process the case.

You can read more about the whistleblowing legislation in EU here.

Here you can read about what you should know before submitting a report.