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Facilitating the Employment of Foreign Employees
New Legislation Enacted
Author: Zoltan Csernus, Attorney-at-Law – VJT & Partners Law Firm
The recent amendment of the Labor Act introduced the category of qualified staffing agencies. To stipulate the more detailed provisions on these agencies, the government issued a decree regulating these staffing agencies who are entitled to place foreign employees as temporary staffing to Hungarian companies. An existing staffing agency may apply to be licensed as qualified staffing agency by the competent authority. The applicant must comply with several conditions, among them at least 500 employees in average for the previous business year, a bank deposit of HUF 50,000,000 (approximately USD 117,000) dedicated to the payment of any potential tax fine, and a status of taxpayer without tax debts, as certified by the tax authority.
Voting Participation Right of the Employees
New Legislation Enacted
Author: Zoltan Csernus, Attorney-at-Law – VJT & Partners Law Firm
The new amendment of the Labor Act obliges employers to make possible for employees to participate on the parliamentary and EU parliamentary and municipal elections and referenda.