{"id":4387,"date":"2023-07-06T13:36:12","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T11:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panszky.hu\/?p=4387"},"modified":"2023-07-06T13:41:33","modified_gmt":"2023-07-06T11:41:33","slug":"24-july-2023-the-deadline-for-setting-up-an-internal-whistleblowing-system-for-large-companies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/panszky.hu\/en\/24-july-2023-the-deadline-for-setting-up-an-internal-whistleblowing-system-for-large-companies\/","title":{"rendered":"24 July 2023: The deadline for setting up an internal whistleblowing system for large companies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>REPORTING ABUSE, I.E. WHISTLEBLOWING<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><u>Pursuant to Act XXV of 2023 on Complaints, Reporting Abuse and Whistleblowing Rules<\/u> (the &#8220;Complaints Act&#8221;), <u>companies with 50 employees or more are required to establish and operate an internal whistleblowing system<\/u>. The Complaints Act regulates how whistleblowing should be handled and the whistleblowers protected.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHO CAN REPORT AN ABUSE?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><u>Through the whistleblowing channel, anyone who is in contact with the company<\/u> (employees, supervisory board members, owners, contractors, trainees and volunteers working for the company) <u>can report<\/u>, even anonymously, in writing or verbally, <u>any illegal or suspected illegal acts<\/u>, omissions, workplace abuses or irregularities <u>that they have experienced<\/u>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHO DOES THE LAW APPLY TO AND FROM WHEN?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Companies with 250 or more employees must set up the whistleblowing system by 24 July 2023 at the latest<\/strong>;<\/li>\n<li>Where the number of employees is lower but an internal reporting system is already in place, the company is obliged to operate it under the new rules from that date;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Regardless of the number of employees, employers subject to the law on the prevention of money laundering and terrorism<\/strong>, such as lawyers, auditors, accounting service providers, registered office service providers, financial service providers, credit institutions and all commercial enterprises that accept cash of HUF 3 million or more,<strong> must also comply with the regulation by 24 July 2023<\/strong>;<\/li>\n<li><strong>For companies with 50 employees or more but less than 249 employees, the requirements must be met by 17 December 2023 at the latest<\/strong>;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Companies with fewer than 50 employees are not required to<\/strong> <strong>have an internal whistleblowing system<\/strong>, but the employer may choose to set up and operate one under the law even if it is not in principle required to do so;<\/li>\n<li>As a general rule, all public sector entities must also have an internal whistleblowing system. Municipalities with less than 10,000 inhabitants, local governments with fewer than 50 employees, companies owned or controlled by the state or local governments, or budgetary bodies under their control may be exempted. In their case, the regulation will apply from 1 January 2025.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>SPECIFICITIES OF DEPLOYMENT AND OPERATION DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE COMPANY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An important difference is that while small and medium-size entreprises can operate a joint whistleblowing system, large companies need their own whistleblowing platform and their own policy of procedures, as well as a separate unit within the organisation or an outsourced agent. Even if the process is outsourced by the company, the anonymity of the whistleblower must be guaranteed and the impartiality of the external agent must be respected, as well as the rules on conflicts of interest must be complied with.<\/p>\n<p>It should be pointed out that in the case of large companies, it is necessary to set up their own system even if the parent company has a group-wide whistleblowing system but also for systems operated jointly by small and medium-sized enterprises, the different national rules in different countries should be taken into account.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>REPORTING ABUSE, I.E. WHISTLEBLOWING Pursuant to Act XXV of 2023 on Complaints, Reporting Abuse and Whistleblowing Rules (the &#8220;Complaints Act&#8221;), companies with 50 employees or more are required to establish and operate an internal whistleblowing system. The Complaints Act regulates how whistleblowing should be handled and the whistleblowers protected. 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