Orbán cabinet announced considerable wage rise in this sector

The government will implement changes in the operation of law courts to increase their efficiency and “significantly” raise the salaries of staff members under a recent agreement with the National Judicial Office, the Judicial Council, and the Kúria, Hungary’s supreme court, the justice minister said on Friday.

Bence Tuzson told a press conference that the changes were aimed at helping Hungarians to access “fair and efficient” court services and aiding a faster ruling process. The minister said the agreement between the government and judicial bodies had been preceded by substantive talks.

Concerning the wage rise, Tuzson said the judicial system would only work well if judges and staff, including secretaries and assistants, were “properly” paid. He said wages will be raised in three steps in January 2025, 2026 and 2027. The average judge will benefit from a rise of 48 percent, secretaries and assistants will receive 82 percent more, and other staff members 100 percent, he said. Judges therefore will make a monthly 2,250,000 forints (EUR 5,470), secretaries and assistants 1,125,000 forints and lower-level clerks 850,000 forints, he said.

Structural changes to the court system will make procedures faster and facilitate an even distribution of cases, the minister said, adding that online procedures would be promoted with “clients and lawyers attending hearings online”.

University students will also be provided an opportunity to follow hearings online and get acquainted with court procedures

, he added. Tuzson said several components of the plan would facilitate simpler bureaucratic procedures for companies.

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