The Complaints Law regulating the reporting of violations at work provides for a system for reporting violations, the establishment of which is mandatory for companies employing more than fifty employees.
The deadline for companies to fulfill their obligations is midnight Sunday. Violations and injustices that occur in the workplace can also be reported anonymously.
As we wrote in our summary published on the Index, the Complaints Act was created to comply with EU directives. The purpose of the whistleblower system is to provide a confidential and secure channel for investigating detected violations while at the same time protecting whistleblowers from potential retaliation.
Gradual introduction
Whistleblower protection regulations are applied first by those who employ at least 50 people To state bodies And For economic companiesas well as companies that employ at least 250 people had to file it on July 24.
As of midnight on December 17, all organizations that employ at least 50 people have a turn – Regardless of whether it is public or private.
The December 17 deadline affects about 65,000 companies in Budapest alone.
Finally, as of January 1, 2025, those that employ at least 50 people Municipal bodiesLikewise, for local governments of settlements with a population of more than ten thousand people, it becomes necessary to comply with the requirements of the new law.
