Hungarian government paves the way for hundreds of thousands of guest workers
From 18 May, individuals working on the Paks II project and the Budapest-Belgrade railway construction will no longer require labour permits. However, it is necessary to provide credible evidence of the required professional qualifications and educational background for performing their respective duties.
This relaxation coincides with the government’s submission of a draft law to the parliament. This concerns the employment framework for foreign workers in Hungary, writes Portfolio.
Special projects
A government decree has been published amending the regulation on special rules concerning the employment of third-country nationals in Hungary during the state of emergency. These are the most important changes.
For individuals working on the Paks II investment and the Budapest-Belgrade railway project, the responsible governmental office will no longer act as an authority for issuing permits. This applies to both the main contractors and subcontractors involved in these projects. Furthermore, from now on, in the case of these specific projects, the main contractors and subcontractors involved are considered “priority employers.”
In addition, employees from third-countries will no longer require a permit from the main contractors and subcontractors to work on these projects in Hungary. This benefit was previously only applicable to citizens of neighbouring countries. However, those affected must provide credible evidence of their professional qualifications and educational background necessary for performing their labour.
Guest workers to face new conditions
The Hungarian government also submitted a new bill to Parliament on Tuesday. This concerns the employment regulations for foreign workers in Hungary and will likely come into effect on 1 November.
Among others, the proposal defines the criteria for approving the employment of foreign workers. According to this, a foreign worker can only work in Hungary as a guest worker if they come from specific third countries, in a specified number, and in occupations not excluded for them by the detailed employment regulations.
It also establishes the rules for issuing and extending the unified (residence and labour) permit. Accordingly, the so-called guest-worker residence permit entitles the holder to stay in Hungary for a fixed period of more than 90 days within a period of one hundred and eighty days, but not more than two years. It may be extended for a maximum of one year, solely for the purpose of employment under the proposal.
In the justification of the proposal, they specify that a guest worker can stay in Hungary only until the employment relationship with the employer exists, and until the duration specified in the guest worker residence permit. Furthermore, it stipulates that the employer must make every effort to ensure that the guest worker can leave the territory of the European Union no later than the last day of validity of their residence permit.
„The purpose of the bill is to maintain Hungarian labour market processes in a manageable and regulated framework. This is important because there have already been and will continue to be numerous investments in the country that collectively require the employment of hundreds of thousands of people,”
said Sándor Czomba, State Secretary for Employment Policy.
Source: Portfolio
Ridiculous. They’re all going to find ways to stay here forever: through marriage, through supposed employment, through supposed studies, or just by overstaying. There is no need to import anyone except maybe people from the Balkans, Moldova, Ukraine, and such. Preferably though, the hobos plaguing Budapest would be enrolled in a program to clean themselves up (in every way), retrain, and take these jobs themselves. It is preposterous that we have Indians, for instance, doing bicycle food deliveries in Budapest!
@ Michael Steiner, better than this racism mentality, go and have three children at least to keep the Hungarian nation alive!
First you decrease the earning power of natural Hungarians through low wages and high taxes. These poor Hungarians flee the country looking for work and money. You then import by the thousands foreigners to do their even lower paying jobs for peanuts. We will protect our borders at all costs (which we are with YOUR ever increasing taxes) but then we will let them in under the guise that we need them to do the work that we do not have the work force to do. It a lovely game and we are all being pushed over the edge. A rose by any other name is still s rose, likewise, forced immigration by any other form is still immigration … they will stay here by all means possible because that IS the idea. We are not allowed to be christian and dare I say – our colour.
There is absolutely no doubt about the dire need for foreign “guest” workers, but at he same time it would have been very prudent to keep the requirement of work permits, and on top of that, it might have been wise of the government to require the employer to sponsor such workers – AND keep track of them.
I too have no doubts about some of those future “guest” workers ending up marrying locals, or fake employement and/or studies just to be able to remain in an EU member State. I personally know of two such cases where our girls ended up with men from the Sub-continent just because we are in the EU. In other words, those girls were nothing more than a”visa” into the EU. Sad (for those girls) but their partners are long gone to greener pastures (in the EU).
Dit is hetgeen de EU massaal doet en eens het werk is gedaan zullen ze er alles aan doen om te kunnen blijven! Desnoods stappen ze naar het Europese Hof Voor de Rechten van de Mens te Straatsburg ,hierbij zullen ze worden bijgestaan door pro deo advocaten die werken voor linkse NGO’s! Indien dit niet lukt zullen ze in de illegaliteit verdwijnen met alle gevolgen vandien (criminaliteit etc….)! Indien het wel lukt volgt later de gezinshereniging !De Sociale Zekerheid zal onder zware druk te komen staan! Alles wat migratie aangaat wordt in Brussel bedisseld en daar willen ze niets liever dan de grenzen wagenwijd openstellen zogezegd om de vergrijzing tegen te gaan! Dit is het paard van Troje binnenhalen…..