The Government of Hungary [1] has been negotiating deals with large multinational companies in the manufacturing sectors. These ‘strategic agreements’ are intended to guarantee cooperation and mutual support between the Hungarian authorities and the companies involved. However, both trade unions and
A new Labour Code has been introduced by Hungary’s government which aims to align the regulation of collective rights with that of contractual individual law enshrined in the country’s Civil Code. The Labour Code, in principle, allows collective agreements, agreements with works councils in
This survey data report summarises recent labour market changes for young workers in Hungary, based on the regular and representative Labour Force Survey carried out by the Hungarian Central Statistical Offices (KSH). Every two to four years an extended survey is carried out to discover how youth
Hungary’s strike law was amended in December 2010 after a long debate among political parties and after a series of strikes in 2009 and January 2010, in particular at a number of public companies in the public transport sector. Parliament decided to amend the existing legislation governing
A desire to preserve tradition and usual practice means that owning a house is viewed as a necessity in Hungary. People are very unwilling to let or rent their homes and the relevant legislation is not sufficiently developed. Government initiatives tend to deal more with the acquisition or building
There are around 750,000 Roma in Hungary today, according to the most recent study conducted by the National Family and Social Policy Institute (NCSSZI [1]). Most of the Roma population live in the Northern and the South-Danubian regions of the country. The employment rate among this group is
The Hungarian FIDESZ-KDNP coalition government’s Széll Kálmán Plan aims to help companies and the state avoid going into debt in times of crisis. Included in the plan are government proposals for changes in the way the country’s employment system works.
In April 2010, the centre-right Hungarian Civic Union (FIDESZ [1]), in alliance with the Christian Democratic People’s Party (KDNP [2]), was elected as the new government of Hungary with a two-thirds majority. The government promised radical changes in policies and economics and dynamic decision
The Hungarian government announced a fundamental shift in its economic policy in April 2010, which led to parliamentary approval for changes in the taxation system.
The Hungarian Labour Code was introduced on 1 June 1992. Since then it has had about 50 amendments. However, there have been no fundamental, structural changes to mirror the economic, political and social reforms of the last decades.