ELEVATE HR

2026. 08. 14.

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 ...

2026. 08. 12.

4 min

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.

4 min

Budapest moped courier grossed 251,856 HUF in 51 hours

A Budapest moped courier who films under the TikTok name Prokopton set himself a challenge: earn 250,000 forints in five days and show every hour on camera. He hit the target, just. Across Monday to Friday he logged roughly 51 hours on the road ...

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. 12.

4 min

Hungary rewrites tourism rules affecting 400,000 workers

Hungary is rewriting the rulebook for one of its largest employment sectors, and roughly 400,000 people who work in hotels, restaurants, travel agencies and tour operations will feel the effects. On 8 August, the Ministry of Economy and Energy ...

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. 04.

4 min

Hungary real wages rose 9% in May, top fifth gained HUF 113k

Hungarian real wages rose 9% year-on-year in May 2026, according to KSH figures. The headline is real. What it hides is that the top fifth of earners took home roughly HUF 113,000 more per month, while the bottom fifth gained about HUF 27,000. ...

2026. 08. 04.

4 min

Hungarian graduate job market 2026: your degree sets the odds

If you are one of the more than 140,000 people who applied to a Hungarian university or college this year, the degree you pick over the next few weeks will shape more than your student ID card. It will shape how crowded your first job hunt ...

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