Editorial

2026. 08. 12.

Hungarian employers can top up 100,000 HUF school-start aid

Roughly 400,000 Hungarian pupils will receive HUF 100,000 in state back-to-school support this autumn, half of it paid out by 24 August 2026 through the Magyar Államkincstár (Hungarian State Treasury) and the remaining half arriving as a ba...

2026. 08. 12.

5 min

Hungarian unions demand heat limits as heatwave bites factories

Alcohol-free beer, free watermelon, ten minutes of air-conditioning per hour. That is the current shape of heat protection on many Hungarian production lines this August, while colleagues in the office building next door are told to work from ...

2026. 08. 12.

5 min

Hungary's new EU pay transparency rules: what to expect

For decades, asking a colleague what they earn has been the workplace equivalent of asking about their weight. In Hungary, that quiet rule is about to change, and the shift gives you real leverage if you know how to use it. The EU pay ...

2026. 08. 06.

4 min

21 of 29 EU countries froze minimum wages while inflation rose

Eurostat's second-half 2026 release lands with a signal HR teams cannot afford to misread: of 29 European countries surveyed, only 8 raised their gross statutory minimum wage between January and July 2026. The other 21 held their floors flat ...

2026. 08. 03.

4 min

Hungary heat emergency 3–5 August: what workers need to know

Hungary is running a three-day heat emergency from Monday to Wednesday, and the country is quietly rewriting its working week around it. Public administration has shifted to remote work . Some nurseries and kindergartens may close. Rail freight ...

2026. 07. 29.

4 min

Hungary Q2 2026 blue-collar wages up 8.5% and what it means

Hungarian blue-collar wages grew 8.5% year-on-year in Q2 2026, while inflation dropped below 2%. On paper, that is a 6 to 7% real-wage gain for workers, the fastest in years. For HR leaders, it is a harder question: is this the new pay floor, or ...

2026. 06. 09.

4 min

Companies Aren't Hiring, But Workloads Are Growing. What Is "Quiet Hiring" and How Does It Affect You?

Have you noticed lately that the workload has increased, but the organizational chart remains exactly the same? Recruitment budgets are tight, open positions are frozen, and yet, business objectives are becoming more ambitious. If this ...

2026. 05. 28.

4 min

How to Protect Yourself from a Narcissistic Colleague: A Survival Guide for Toxic Work Environments

Have you ever had that colleague who subtly takes credit for the entire team’s hard work? Or a manager who turns every constructive discussion into an attack on their own image, leaving you to walk out of a meeting wondering if the problem is, in f...

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