Several Companies to Make Workers Pay Back Portion of Salaries Due to Covid and Parts Shortage Shutdowns? Dozens of automotive, engineering, and electronics companies in Hungary are preparing to charge workers employed in a working time banking... 2021.10.12.
Capitol Hill Riot’s Domestic Relevance Interpreted Differently by Political Sides The Capitol Hill riot has inspired Hungarian policy-makers. Although the conflict was generated by pro-Trump, right-wing activists, Fidesz-KDNP politicians began... 2021.01.12.
Momentum Leader on Criminal Charges: ‘It would be absurd anywhere but in Belarus or Putin’s Russia’ András Fekete-Győr, leader of opposition party Momentum, responded to the Prosecutor General's Office charging him with assaulting law enforcement personnel,... 2020.09.30.
Worker’s Unions, Opposition Fear Latest Bill Amending Labor Code to Become ‘Slave Law 2.0’ A new revision to Hungary's Labor Code would allow employers to set the maximum duration of cumulative working time (or... 2020.06.10.
Coronavirus – Opposition: Gov’t Imposes Further Burdens on Most Vulnerable by Easing Labour Regulations Opposition parties on Tuesday slammed the government for easing labour regulations for employers, saying that the relevant government decree issued... 2020.04.15.
Unions Outraged as Government Makes Working Timeframe More Flexible for Companies In a decree issued on Good Friday, the government modified the overtime bill without prior consultation, and made it possible... 2020.04.14.
Trade Unions: Employers Rarely ‘Use’ Overtime Bill’s Benefits Besides certain, rather rare cases, application of the much-debated overtime bill, a.k.a. the "slave law," has not at all become... 2019.12.16.
Socialists Call for Scrapping ‘Slave Law’ The opposition MSZP (Socialist Party) has called on Prime Minister Viktor Orbán to scrap the law that sets stricter overtime... 2019.11.19.
Newly Elected General Assembly of Budapest to Hold Inaugural Meeting The General Assembly of Budapest will hold its inaugural meeting next Tuesday, with fifteen items on the agenda, MTI reports. ... 2019.10.30.
Socialist Congress: Timmermans Calls for Fair Wages in EU Frans Timmermans, addressing a Hungarian Socialist Party congress in Budapest on Saturday, called for fair wages in the European Union... 2019.02.18.
Growing Number of Companies and Institutions Reject the Overtime Act More and more municipalities and companies are saying no to the new overtime regulation. As of now, three significant city... 2019.01.10.
Fire, Aggression and Tear Gas: Demonstration Against “Slave Law” Got Out of Hand Following thirty-five arrests, five injured police officers and four documented uses of tear gas against demonstrators, the government has labeled... 2018.12.13.
Workers’ Interest vs. “Slave Law”: Chaos, Protests and Scandals Accompany Final Vote On Wednesday, the National Assembly officially accepted the modifications made to the employment bill—which many have dubbed the "slave law."... 2018.12.13.
Opposition Boycotts Parliamentary Session after Amendments Rejected Opposition MPs boycotted Monday's parliamentary session after their proposed amendments aimed at filibustering a final vote on a government bill... 2018.12.11.
