Module Learning Objective

configure separate starting events for deadlines

1. Regulatory Concept & Core Standards

This video focuses on how to configure separate starting events for deadlines. Follow the sequence of decisions in the example rather than simply memorising a list. Notice who is involved, what information is needed and the expected result. These points help turn the content into a practice that another person can verify. Configuration examples describe general methods. Verify real functions in your own environment. Each change connects permissions, procedure and Latvian rules. Fictional tests help avoid creating a new confidentiality risk.

Acknowledgement and initial recognition decision have a seven-day period from receipt. Notify the decision within three days after making it. Progress information is due within two months after recognition. Private entities do not apply every public-body section 7 exception.

Apply the following rule: Section 7(2) requires acknowledgement and a preliminary recognition decision promptly and no later than seven days after receipt. Notify the decision within three days after making it. Provide progress information within two months after recognition as a whistleblower report and outcome information after examination. Private entities apply section 7 paragraphs 2,5,7 and 8; public-body exceptions must not automatically be imported.

2. Practical Implementation & Procedure

Create separate receipt, decision, notification, progress and outcome events. Test month-end, out-of-hours arrival and absence. Limit alert data. Document any applicable exception. Before moving on, turn this procedure into a sequence you could explain to a colleague. Identify the first check, the action that depends on its outcome and the record that allows the decision to be reconstructed. Follow the sequence on screen and identify the point where an error would change the result.

3. Case Study & Compliance Action

The platform counts ninety days from opening. Receipt was earlier and recognition is another event. The administrator corrects both the unit and starting point. Now read the case carefully. Separate established facts from information you would still need to confirm. Do not add motives or events that have not been described. This distinction matters when choosing a response proportionate to the information available.

The exercise is as follows: Are two months always sixty days? Choose an answer and write one sentence explaining it. During the pause, compare your choice with the criteria we have just considered. Also think about the material you would retain to explain the decision later.

No. Calendar months differ. Use the statutory unit and event. Track acknowledgement, decision and progress separately.

One mistake to avoid is: copying another country’s timing template uncritically.

Now apply the national rule to a second decision. The platform counts 90 days from opening. Does this meet Latvian requirements?

No. Separately record receipt, recognition decision and notification. Acknowledgement and initial decision are due within seven days after receipt; notify the decision within three days after making it. Progress information is due within two months after recognition. Apply section 7(1)’s distinction between public and private organisations.

National Legal Framework: Trauksmes celšanas likums, transposing Directive (EU) 2019/1937 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law.