A new Hungarian law requires the introduction of an internal whistleblowing system for specific employers. In this newsletter we summarise the most important information on this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The law allows all entities to set up an internal whistleblowing\nsystem. Employers with 50<\/strong> or more employees must set up a reporting system until 17 December 2023<\/strong>. Employers with up to 250<\/strong> employees and employers that are subject to the Act on the Prevention\nand Combating of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing<\/em> must have an\ninternal whistleblowing system in place until 24 July 2023<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The internal whistleblowing system is a legal and\norganisational forum, which shall be completely independent of the entity. By\nusing the system, whistleblowers can lodge complaints about the operation of\nthe company or their legal relation with the company in a manner that complies\nwith GDPR rules and protects the identity of the whistleblower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The system may be operated by a designated person or\ndepartment within the employing company who cannot be instructed concerning\nthis activity, or by a whistleblower lawyer or other external organisation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The above requirement is in line with relevant EU\nlegal trends and international trends; several multinational companies\ncurrently have such a whistleblowing system in place, but this shall be\noperated in accordance with mandatory Hungarian legal requirements. The\ncompetent government agency will monitor compliance with the requirements for\nthe establishment and operation of the whistleblowing system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Once a notification is received by the whistleblowing system,\nthe designated body has 30 days to investigate it, which may be extended if reasonably\njustified. The employer shall ensure that the infringing situation and the\nreasons for it are remedied and that any damage related to this is also remedied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n *<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n This summary is intended to\nraise awareness and does not constitute legal advice.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n If you have any questions or\nneed further information, please do not hesitate to contact us.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A new Hungarian law requires the introduction of an internal whistleblowing system for specific employers. In this newsletter we summarise the most important information on this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1922,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/gerey.hu\/EU\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1983"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/gerey.hu\/EU\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/gerey.hu\/EU\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gerey.hu\/EU\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gerey.hu\/EU\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1983"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/gerey.hu\/EU\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1992,"href":"http:\/\/gerey.hu\/EU\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1983\/revisions\/1992"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gerey.hu\/EU\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/gerey.hu\/EU\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gerey.hu\/EU\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gerey.hu\/EU\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}