Kategorie: Whistleblowing
Whistleblowing in the context of ESG
Act No. 171/2023 Coll., on the protection of whistleblowers (the “Act“), came into force on 1 August 2023 and brought institutional protection of whistleblowers into the Czech legal system in the framework of the transposition of the EU Whistleblower Protection Directive[1]. How are whistleblowing, non-financial reporting and ESG related? Find out more in the article below. Whistleblowing and its legal …
Read moreWhistleblowing in practice – implementing an internal whistleblowing system
Act No. 171/2023 Coll., on the Protection of Reporting Persons (the “Act“), entered into force on 1 August 2023 and brought institutional protection of whistleblowers into the Czech legal system. We present a summary of practical advice and recommendations for implementing an internal reporting system in an organisation. This article is the next in a series on …
Read moreProtection of whistleblowers from 1 August 2023
On 1 August 2023, a new Act on Protection of Reporting Persons comes into force introducing whistleblower protection in the Czech Republic and numerous obligations to the obliged entities defined therein. However, selected entities have until 15 December 2023 to comply with certain obligations. Jakub Málek, Tomáš Maux and Kateřina Lansdorfová prepared an overview of basic information …
Read moreWhistleblowing and data protection
The Act on Protection of Reporting Persons (“the Act“), will come into force on 1 August 2023, and for obliged entities, this means, among other things, the obligation to introduce an effective internal reporting system by that date, while obliged entities employing between 50 and 250 employees on the effective date of the Act have a longer implementation …
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