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2026. 10. 13.

Quitting your job in Hungary? Make sure untaken leave is paid

You have a new offer, your resignation letter is drafted, and you are counting down the weeks. Then a quieter question comes up: what happens to the holiday days you never got round to taking? If you work in Hungary, the answer can be worth tens ...

2026. 10. 05.

3 min

Hungary's KATA flat tax returns at a higher rate

If you drive a taxi in Budapest, invoice clients as a freelancer, or run a small side business next to your job, you may soon be able to use Hungary’s KATA flat tax again. There’s a catch, though. The monthly flat rate is set to go up, and nobo...

2026. 10. 05.

3 min

Hungary's 120,000-forint minimum pension and who it affects

For eighteen years, Hungary’s minimum pension sat at 28,500 forints. From January, the government will raise it to 120,000 forints, roughly four times the old level. Headlines treat this as a story about pensioners. For HR and payroll leaders, it...

2026. 09. 28.

5 min

SZÉP card hits HUF 492 billion, reshaping pay in Hungary

Hungarian workers spent a record HUF 492 billion through their SZÉP cards in 2025, and the growth curve has not flattened: December alone saw HUF 61.6 billion in card payments, 42% more than a year earlier. The scheme is no longer a small c...

2026. 09. 22.

4 min

Hungarian net wages hit HUF 523,300 in July, up 9.1%

Hungary's net average wage crossed HUF 523,300 in July 2026, up 9.1% year-on-year against consumer prices that rose just 1.2%, according to KSH data released this month. Pénzcentrum called it a “psychological threshold” moment for Hungarian pay. ...

2026. 09. 22.

4 min

Hungary impact assessment: 1,140 ad jobs at risk under decree

A single line in a Hungarian government impact assessment has quantified what a narrow regulatory shift can do to a niche labour market: 1,140 jobs on the line, roughly 20,700 people affected once dependants are counted, and HUF 3.4 billion in ...

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. 09. 07.

5 min

Hungarian mothers earn 31% less six years after childbirth

You take a year off to have a baby. You come back to work. Two years pass, then four, then six, and one day you look at a former colleague, someone who started the same year as you, on a similar salary, and you realise their payslip is in a ...

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 ...

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