On 20 June 2023, the legal regulation on the protection of whistleblowers stipulated by Act. No. 171/2023 Sb., on the protection of whistleblowers, and the ancillary amendment Act. No. 172/2023 Sb., amending certain acts related to the adoption of the Act on the protection of whistleblowers, came into force. The legislation fulfils the transposition obligation in relation to Directive (EU) 2019/1937 on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law. The relevant legislation comes into force on 1 August 2023.
The new legislation provides legal instruments for the protection of whistleblowers. The Act provides protection for persons in employment and similar types of relations in connection to their reporting of unlawful conduct on the part of their employers or other parties. The Act stipulates a general prohibition of retaliation, where retaliation is defined as conduct in relation to the work or other similar activity of the whistleblower that is initiated by the whistleblower’s report, and that may cause harm to the whistleblower or other persons.
The Act on the protection of whistleblowers requires the obliged entities to establish an internal system for whistleblowing and reporting methods. With respect to the subject matter of the report, the Act on the protection of whistleblowers deals with all crimes and offences in the area of finance, corporate income tax, prevention of money laundering and financing of terrorism, consumer protection and compliance with product requirements pursuant to legal regulations, transportation and road traffic safety, environmental protection, food and feed safety and animal protection, radiation protection and nuclear safety, public procurement, public auctions and competition, protection of domestic order and security, protection of life and health, protection of personal data, privacy and security of electronic communication networks and information systems, protection of financial interests and operation of the internal market of the EU, including the protection of EU competition an state aid.
TES VSETIN a.s., as an obliged entity, declares that it has issued an internal regulation governing the issue of whistleblowing within the organisation.
On 20 June 2023, the legal regulation on the protection of whistleblowers stipulated by Act. No. 171/2023 Sb., on the protection of whistleblowers, and the ancillary amendment Act. No. 172/2023 Sb., amending certain acts related to the adoption of the Act on the protection of whistleblowers, came into force. The legislation fulfils the transposition obligation in relation to Directive (EU) 2019/1937 on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law. The relevant legislation comes into force on 1 August 2023.
The new legislation provides legal instruments for the protection of whistleblowers. The Act provides protection for persons in employment and similar types of relations in connection to their reporting of unlawful conduct on the part of their employers or other parties. The Act stipulates a general prohibition of retaliation, where retaliation is defined as conduct in relation to the work or other similar activity of the whistleblower that is initiated by the whistleblower’s report, and that may cause harm to the whistleblower or other persons. The Act on the protection of whistleblowers requires the obliged entities to establish an internal system for whistleblowing and reporting methods. With respect to the subject matter of the report, the Act on the protection of whistleblowers deals with all crimes and offences in the area of finance, corporate income tax, prevention of money laundering and financing of terrorism, consumer protection and compliance with product requirements pursuant to legal regulations, transportation and road traffic safety, environmental protection, food and feed safety and animal protection, radiation protection and nuclear safety, public procurement, public auctions and competition, protection of domestic order and security, protection of life and health, protection of personal data, privacy and security of electronic communication networks and information systems, protection of financial interests and operation of the internal market of the EU, including the protection of EU competition an state aid. TES VSETIN a.s., as an obliged entity, declares that it has issued an internal regulation governing the issue of whistleblowing within the organisation.
