In accordance with Act No. 171/2023 Coll., on the protection of whistleblowers, which transposed into Czech law Directive (EU) 2019/1937 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2019 on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law by the Company’s principles of corporate conduct and the whistleblowing policy applied, the Company informs of the following:
The Company has set up an internal reporting system for the purpose of reporting conduct in which an individual, as a whistleblower, is perceived to have breached the employer’s obligations specified below.
The VOS is designed for reporting such violations that:
- has the elements of a crime,
- has the characteristics of a misdemeanour for which the law sets the rate of a fine, the upper limit of which is at least CZK 100,000,
- violates this Act, or violates another legal regulation or a regulation of the European Union
A whistleblower who may use the company’s VOS to make a notification is a natural person who makes a notification in the context of his or her employment relationship, is self-employed, a partner, a person in a statutory, management or supervisory body, a volunteer, an intern or a person carrying out activities under a contract for the provision of supplies, services, construction work or other similar contract.
The notifier should have reasonable grounds for believing that the information notified about the infringement is true at the time of notification. Therefore, knowingly false facts cannot be notified.
Notification via VOS can be made:
- by e-mail to whistleblowing@heliosjeseniky.cz, which is set up exclusively to receive notifications;
- by telephone, via the telephone line +420 737160594, +420608866358 (a written record of the call is made) during normal working hours;
- in writing by letter sent to the address of the company’s registered office Hotel Helios, Křenová 299/26, Brno 602 00, directly to the hands of the competent person Bc. Marie Nezvalová; for the purpose of maintaining confidence in this method of notification, the addressee will be marked on the document as follows:
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- in person at the company’s registered office with the authorized person, Leona Vejberová, at any time during normal business hours, preferably by prior telephone or e-mail to the above-mentioned contacts; if the notification is made in person, a report must be drawn up, and an audio or visual recording of such notification may be made with the consent of the notifier;
- via the external notification system set up by the Ministry of Justice: https://oznamovatel.justice.cz/chci-podat-oznameni/
In the notification, the notifier shall provide personal data from which the identity of the notifier can be inferred.
The notification can be made anonymously, but this form of notification does not protect the whistleblower from retaliation.
The competent persons designated by Hotel Helios s.r.o. under the Whistleblower Protection Act are:
- Bc. Marie Nezvalová, manager of Helios Resort, mobile: +420 608 866 358
- Leona Vejberova, Director of Helios Resort, mobile: +420 737 160 594
Further information on the functioning of the internal notification system is provided in an internal directive available HERE.
