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2026. 09. 16.

1 in 10 Hungarian job ads now offer home office in 2026

One in ten job ads posted on Profession.hu now offers a home-office option, up from 8.7% in 2025 to 10% in 2026. The share climbed two percentage points against the August reading alone. For HR leaders in Hungary, the headline number matters ...

2026. 09. 16.

4 min

Hungary's 1 million forint minimum wage pledge is being rewritten

If you earn Hungary's minimum wage of 266,800 forint, you have probably been counting on the political promise that this number would double by 2030. That promise is now being quietly rewritten, and the change matters for anyone planning a job ...

2026. 09. 16.

5 min

Hungary's Q4 2026 hiring hits a five-year peak

Hungarian employers are stepping off the brake. According to the latest ManpowerGroup Employment Outlook Survey reported by Pénzcentrum, 37% of companies here plan to expand their workforce in the fourth quarter of 2026, while only 13% expect to ...

2026. 09. 08.

5 min

Hungary raises disability benefits 10% from January 2027

From 1 January 2027, benefits for people with reduced work capacity in Hungary will rise by 10 percent, and the minimum old-age pension will jump to HUF 120,000. Prime Minister Magyar Péter announced both changes on Facebook, framing them as a s...

2026. 08. 18.

5 min

Hungary construction output falls 1.2% in June as sector cools

If you work on a Hungarian building site this summer, the numbers just shifted under your feet. KSH released June 2026 construction data last Thursday, and the split between what is being built, and what is not, has rarely looked this stark. ...

2026. 08. 18.

5 min

Hungary's minimum wage deal reopens: what 2027 means for workers

Hungary's three-year minimum wage deal, signed at the Karmelita monastery on 4 December 2025, was meant to end 2027 with a 14% rise and pull the country closer to EU pay norms. Eight months on, employers want to renegotiate. The economy has not ...

2026. 08. 14.

4 min

AI-armed clients question 3 in 4 Hungarian builders' work

You arrive at a job with your tools, your training and twenty years of knowing what happens when tile goes over an uneven screed. The client meets you at the door with a phone in their hand and a printout from ChatGPT that says the job should ...

2026. 08. 14.

6 min

Hungarian workers got raises but feel trapped in their jobs

You got a raise this year. Maybe a good one, 11% or more, if you were among the 42% of Hungarian workers whose pay jumped at the start of 2026. And yet the idea of handing in your notice and looking for something better feels heavier than it ...

2026. 08. 14.

4 min

The EU's July 2028 posted-worker rules: why the audit window opens now

If you have ever been posted to another EU country for work, or if your HR team routinely sends staff across borders, a quiet but consequential change is coming. The rules that decide which country collects your social contributions during a ...

2026. 08. 13.

5 min

Hungary's 20-year minimum-wage puzzle: compression and risk

Twenty years of sustained minimum-wage rises in Hungary produced one of the region's clearest compression stories at the bottom of the hourly-pay ladder. And yet, annual take-home pay at the low end barely moved. A new study from researchers at ...

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