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Zákon č. 307/2014 Z. z. o niektorých opatreniach súvisiacich s oznamovaním protispoločenskej činnosti
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What the document holds
Slovak Act No. 307/2014 of 16 Oct 2014 (version in force 1 Jan 2015-30 Jun 2016, 21 pp.): definitions (serious anti-social activity: listed crimes, crimes punishable by over 3 years, administrative offences with a maximum fine of at least EUR 50,000); protection in criminal and administrative proceedings (labour inspectorate consent for labour-law acts against a protected whistleblower, decision within 30 days); end of protection; § 9-10 Ministry of Justice reward up to 50 times the minimum wage after a final decision, request within 6 months, decision within 6 months, no legal right and no court review; internal reporting systems for employers with 50+ staff and public bodies (review within 90 days, +30; reply within 10 days; records kept 3 years); suspension of labour-law acts (request within 7 days, 14-day suspension); procedural fines up to EUR 500 and administrative fines up to EUR 20,000; legal aid; prevention and education; transitional rules; amendments to other acts (Labour Code, Criminal Procedure Code, civil service, legal aid, labour inspection, schools). No statistics. Cap, discretionary flag, filing deadline and launch were already in the data; added conviction requirement, decision deadline, no anonymous request, the EUR 50,000 offence threshold, the employer fine cap and the adoption event. Rules restated from other sources are now recorded from this document too (decision 8).
What it supports
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Programmes (1)
Reward rules (17)
- Anonymous reports allowedreward requestNoSince 1 Jan 2015 · Slov-Lex 2014Slovakia · Slovak Ministry of Justice whistleblower rewards
- Award is discretionaryall rewardsYesSince 1 Jan 2015 · Slov-Lex 2014Slovakia · Slovak Ministry of Justice whistleblower rewards
- Conviction required for a rewardMinistry of Justice reward: a final decision finding the offender guilty (criminal) or the administrative offence committedYesSince 1 Jan 2015 · Slov-Lex 2014Slovakia · Slovak Ministry of Justice whistleblower rewards
- Extension of time to examine an internal reportextension of the employer's 90-day period for examining an internal report30 daysSince 1 Jan 2015 · Slov-Lex 2014Slovakia · Slovak Ministry of Justice whistleblower rewards
- How long a contested employment action stays suspendedsuspension of a labour-law act ends 14 days after delivery of the inspectorate's confirmation (unless a court application for an interim measure is filed)14 daysSince 1 Jan 2015 · Slov-Lex 2014Slovakia · Slovak Ministry of Justice whistleblower rewards
- How long records of reports must be keptemployer's register of internal reports, from delivery of each report3 yearsSince 1 Jan 2015 · Slov-Lex 2014Slovakia · Slovak Ministry of Justice whistleblower rewards
- Maximum awardper reward50 minimum wage multipleSince 1 Jan 2015 · Slov-Lex 2014Slovakia · Slovak Ministry of Justice whistleblower rewards
- Maximum fine on employersemployer breaching the internal reporting-system and record-keeping duties (§ 11-12), imposed by the labour inspectorateEUR 20,000Since 1 Jan 2015 · Slov-Lex 2014Slovakia · Slovak Ministry of Justice whistleblower rewards
- Maximum procedural fineprocedural fine on persons who do not meet the duties of § 17(2) within the set time (may be repeated)EUR 500Since 1 Jan 2015 · Slov-Lex 2014Slovakia · Slovak Ministry of Justice whistleblower rewards
- Minimum sanctions or amount collected to qualifyadministrative offences: the maximum fine the law allows for the offence must be at least EUR 50,000 for it to count as serious anti-social activityEUR 50,000Since 1 Jan 2015 · Slov-Lex 2014Slovakia · Slovak Ministry of Justice whistleblower rewards
- Prison term threshold for a serious offencecriminal offences: the maximum prison term must exceed three years for the offence to count as serious anti-social activity (companion of the EUR 50,000 administrative-offence threshold)3 yearsSince 1 Jan 2015 · Slov-Lex 2014Slovakia · Slovak Ministry of Justice whistleblower rewards
- Time limit for a decisionMinistry decision on a reward request, from its delivery6 monthsSince 1 Jan 2015 · Slov-Lex 2014Slovakia · Slovak Ministry of Justice whistleblower rewards
- Time limit for a decisionlabour inspectorate decision on an employer's request for consent to a labour-law act against a protected whistleblower (non-simple cases), from delivery of the request30 daysSince 1 Jan 2015 · Slov-Lex 2014Slovakia · Slovak Ministry of Justice whistleblower rewards
- Time limit to examine an internal reportemployer examining a report received through its internal system, from receipt (extendable by 30 days)90 daysSince 1 Jan 2015 · Slov-Lex 2014Slovakia · Slovak Ministry of Justice whistleblower rewards
- Time limit to file a claimafter notice that the decision became final6 monthsSince 1 Jan 2015 · Slov-Lex 2014Slovakia · Slovak Ministry of Justice whistleblower rewards
- Time limit to request suspension of an employment actionperson who made an internal report asking the labour inspectorate to suspend a contested labour-law act, from learning of it7 daysSince 1 Jan 2015 · Slov-Lex 2014Slovakia · Slovak Ministry of Justice whistleblower rewards
- Time limit to respond to an internal reportemployer informing the person who made an internal report of the result, from completing the review10 daysSince 1 Jan 2015 · Slov-Lex 2014Slovakia · Slovak Ministry of Justice whistleblower rewards
Timeline (2)
- Slovak whistleblower act with Ministry of Justice rewards takes effect1 Jan 2015LaunchSlovakia · Slovak Ministry of Justice whistleblower rewards
- Slovakia adopts Act 307/2014 on reporting anti-social activity (whistleblower rewards)16 Oct 2014LegalSlovakia · Slovak Ministry of Justice whistleblower rewards
About the document
What it covers § 9: Ministry of Justice reward of up to 50 times the minimum wage after a final conviction or administrative decision; in force 1 Jan 2015.
Notes Version in force from 1 Jan 2015.
Source id svk-zz-2014-307-whistleblower-act · accessed 5 Oct 2026