Unfortunately, without any evidence to substantiate your suspicions of a violation of the law, neither our Office nor law enforcement or administrative authorities will have anything to go on to investigate your report. Think about whether you have any documents, email communications, text messages, etc. to back up your report.

Reporting illegal activities shall not be considered a breach of the contractual obligation of confidentiality or a breach of the obligation of confidentiality under specific regulations.

However, information relating to the content of medical records, the protection of classified information or confidential information between a lawyer and his/her client is particularly protected.

Telecommunications, banking or tax secrets also deserve special protection. If the illegal activity relates to such information, it is necessary to assess in advance which of it is necessary for the detection of, for example, criminal activity, as the whistleblower may face the risk of prosecution in the event of reckless disclosure of the information.

In general, personnel matters are the responsibility of the employer, i.e. the statutory body of the organisation, but they are also subject to the rules of law, in particular the Civil Service Act or the Public Service Act. Compliance with these rules is supervised by the Office of the Government of the Slovak Republic, to which complaints may be addressed. Whether there is a breach of the law must always be assessed according to the specific circumstances. Such a complaint may be considered as a report and may also be lodged with the employer (internal whistleblowing system), the Slovak Government Office or the Whistleblower Protection Office. The WPO will refer such a complaint, if substantiated, to the Office of the Government of the Slovak Republic.

If you suspect that criminal activity has taken place, you can also contact the Public Prosecutor's Office or the Whistleblower Protection Office, for example, using our online form. If we assess your report to be substantiated, we may refer the report to law enforcement authorities without identifying you.

Our Office receives reports of criminal activity or the commission of an administrative offence that affect the public interest and come to your attention in connection with your work. Complaints in individual disputes can generally be lodged with the superior authority of the institution against which the complaint is directed. For example, if you want to complain about the police's handling of a criminal case, you can contact the relevant prosecutor, quoting the file mark you have from the police. If you are dissatisfied with the procedure of the prosecutor of the district prosecutor's office, you can file a complaint with the superior office - i.e. the regional prosecutor's office. If you are complaining about the procedure of the building authority, you should contact the regional planning and building authority. You can also contact the Office of the Public Defender of Rights, which generally protects the fundamental rights and freedoms of natural persons and legal entities in proceedings before public authorities and other public bodies, as well as compliance with the basic principles of good public administration.

You can contact the Whistleblower Protection Office, which has the power to check employers' compliance with the law on the operation of internal whistleblowing systems.