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Good news for guest workers: minimum wage may increase significantly in Hungary
An agreement could be reached as early as next week on the raising of the minimum wage for 2026, representatives of unions and employers told MTI after a meeting of the monitoring committee of the VKF, a forum of employers, unions and the government, on Wednesday.
Agreement can be reached soon
László Perlusz, the chief secretary of employers association VOSZ, said “we are in the final days”, there is a very good chance that they will reach an agreement within a week, because the positions are very close.
Without specifying the exact percentages, he said that employers have gone to the limit, so a real wage increase can be expected in both the minimum wage rates of skilled and unskilled workers.
He noted that they had to acknowledge that there would be no lowering of payroll taxes, but added that an eleven-point government package to reduce the tax and administrative burdens of small businesses dose help somewhat.
Next week the deal will be concluded
Imre Palkovics, who heads workers council association MOSZ, said that positions are very close, and an agreement could be concluded as early as next week. The next few days will serve as a time for organisations that are still unsure to clear it with their members, he added.
Very funny how to frame this topic that only guest workers can benefit from this, not normal Hungarian who suffer and one-third of them live in hard circumstances !!!!