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2026. 08. 14.

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. 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.

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. 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. 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. 31.

5 min

Hungary 2026: where net HUF 500,000 starts for graduates

You finish your degree, update your CV, and hit send on the first application. Whether you get a reply next week or wait three months for a rejection has less to do with your grades than with the field printed on your diploma. Hungary's graduate ...

2026. 07. 29.

4 min

Hungary's pension gap: 40-year career leaves you 47,000 forints short

If you are five, ten, or fifteen years away from retirement, the number you should be watching is not just your current salary. It is the gap between what you earn now and what the state pension will actually pay you on day one, and how quickly ...

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 ...

2025. 10. 31.

4 min

5 Ghosts Haunting the Workplace This Halloween

Believe it or not, ghosts really do exist in companies. You cannot hear their chains in the hallways and they do not appear under the full moon, but you can feel them every day in offices, inboxes, and teams. They are the hidden practices, ...

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