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New Whistleblowing Act: a burden or a chance to develop trust?

by dr. Illés Ádám | Oct 11, 2023 | Compliance, News from our team, Uncategorized, Whistleblowing

Under the Whistleblowing Act, which transposes the EU Whistleblower Protection Directive, all companies with more than 50 employees must implement a whistleblowing system by 17 December 2023. “Yet another pain in the neck in the middle of the year-end madness” might...

Fines of up to HUF 200,000 for sanctioning or frustrating whistleblowing

by dr. Illés Ádám | Oct 11, 2023 | Compliance, Whistleblowing

While preparing for the new Whistleblowing Act, little has been said so far about the fact that in addition, the Misdemeanour Act will also be amended, envisaging a fine of up to HUF 200,000 if the company takes adverse action against the whistleblower or prevents or...

A new wind is blowing through whistleblowing

by dr. Németh József, dr. Balogh Levente | Jun 28, 2023 | EU Law, Whistleblowing

The European Union’s authorities are even more vigorous than before in requiring Member States to detect and act effectively against breaches of EU law. This is also the aim of the new Hungarian act adopted on 23 May 2023 which obliges companies employing more than...

Whistleblower Directive: time to prepare

by dr. Csordás Levente | Oct 26, 2021 | Corporate Law, EU Law, Whistleblowing

Under EU Directive 2019/1937 on the protection of persons who report breaches of EU law, a whistleblower protection system will be mandatory for companies with 250 or more employees in the first phase. The deadline for transposition of the directive expires on 17...

New Whistleblowing Act: a burden or a chance to develop trust?

Fines of up to HUF 200,000 for sanctioning or frustrating whistleblowing

A new wind is blowing through whistleblowing

Whistleblower Directive: time to prepare

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