Who is a whistleblower?

Whistleblowers protected by the Whistleblower Protection Act may be, for example, both former and current employees , job applicants, volunteers, self-employed persons, members of statutory bodies or other persons working for suppliers of obliged entities.

With exceptions (e.g. in the AML area), the report will have to contain not only information about the possible infringement but also the personal data of the whistleblower allowing to infer their identity.

Who will be affected by the new regulation?

The obligations apply to public contracting authorities (e.g. municipalities under 10,000 inhabitants are an exception), certain public authorities and private sector entities with 50 or more employees, companies operating in selected sectors (especially financial and insurance services) and obliged persons under the AML Act.

What acts can be reported?

The acts to be covered by whistleblower protection are in particular those with the following characteristics:

• criminal offences, misdemeanours for which the maximum fine rate is at least CZK 100,000;
• breaches of the Whistleblower Protection Act; and
• violations of other legislation or EU law in selected areas – financial, tax or AML regulations, consumer protection, competition, personal data, environmental and many others.

How will the newly adopted regulations affect entrepreneurs?

• Establishment of internal whistleblowing system

The protection of whistleblowers will be implemented by the...

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