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Whistleblower Protection

In accordance with the relevant legal regulations – Section 13 of the Complaints Act -- with the exception of the actions referred to in Section 6(4), any action taken as a result of a public interest disclosure which may cause disadvantage to the whistleblower shall be unlawful even if it would otherwise be lawful.

With the exception of the case referred to in Section 6(4), a whistleblower shall qualify to be at risk if the disadvantages threatening him or her as a result of the public interest disclosure that he or she made are likely to seriously endanger his or her life circumstances, except in case referred to in Section 6(4).

A whistleblower who is a natural person shall be entitled to aids provided to ensure his or her protection, as defined in the relevant law, if he or she is likely to be at risk.

The state shall provide the aids defined in Act LXXX of 2003 on Legal Aid  to whistleblowers, under the conditions defined in the same act.

 

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