labour market

03/10/2016

Parragh: Emigration slowed down in first half of 2016

Budapest, October 3 (MTI) – Wage increases and improved competitiveness could help resolve the labour shortage in Hungary, daily Magyar IdÅ‘k said on Monday, adding that […]
30/09/2016

Szijjártó: Rosenberger investment to create 400 jobs in Hungary

Budapest, September 30 (MTI) – German-owned electronic components manufacturer Rosenberger will build a car parts plant in a greenfield investment worth 3.1 billion forints (EUR 10.0m) […]
29/09/2016

Heti Válasz: Orbán secretly awaits thousands of Ukrainian migrant workers

Weekly news magazine Heti Válasz writes that tens of thousands of Ukrainian migrant workers may arrive to Hungary in the near future, and the legislations making […]
29/09/2016

Hungary close to bridging health-care pay gap to V4 partners

Budapest, September 28 (MTI) – Recent and new wage hikes in the health-care sector will help Hungary close the pay gap with the other Visegrad Group […]
28/09/2016

Employer federation official: Labour shortage spreading nationwide

Budapest (MTI) – Hungary’s labour shortage cuts across industries, regions and sectors, an employer federation official said on Tuesday. Whereas the labour shortage had previously been […]
27/09/2016

P&G announces USD 200m investment as signs strategic cooperation with government

Budapest, September 27 (MTI) – US consumer goods company Procter and Gamble announced a 200 million dollar investment project when signing a strategic cooperation agreement with […]
27/09/2016

LMP chides Varga for rosy assessment of labour market

Budapest, September 27 (MTI) – Commenting on the latest jobless and employment data released on Tuesday, opposition LMP chided Economy Minister Mihály Varga for a rosy […]
27/09/2016

Jobless rate falls to 4.9 pc in June-August

Budapest, September 27 (MTI) – Hungary’s rolling average three-month jobless rate fell to 4.9 percent in June-August, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) said on Tuesday. The […]
20/09/2016

Hungary’s gross wage growth continues to slow in July – UPDATE

Budapest, September 20 (MTI) – The average monthly wage in Hungary rose by an annual 5.1 percent to 256,900 forints (EUR 835) in July, the Central […]
17/09/2016

Reaction to EU summit – Jobbik: Orbán’s real intentions revealed

Viktor Orbán failed in Bratislava (Pozsony): not only was he unable to change the EU immigration policy, it was actually him who took a 180 degree […]
17/09/2016

Economy minister: S+P acknowledges Hungary’s economy progressing well

Budapest, September 17 (MTI) – The decision by rating agency Standard and Poor’s to raise Hungary’s sovereign rating from junk to investment grade is an acknowledgement […]
15/09/2016

Jobbik: Government foreign labour policy hypocritical

Budapest, September 15 (MTI) – The government is hypcritical in its treatment of foreigners, attracting foreign labour while fighting against migrants through a referendum, the opposition Jobbik […]
14/09/2016

Nearly 6,000 municipal employees on all-day strike

Budapest, September 14 (MTI) – Nearly 6,000 employees of 168 municipal councils have joined a strike initiative by trade union MKKSZ on Wednesday, union leader Erzsébet […]
13/09/2016

Hungarian companies raise wages to cure labour shortages

Two-thirds of the Hungarian companies try to handle the increasing labour shortages by raising wages, a survey conducted by legjobbmunkadók.hu reveals. The site surveyed more than […]
10/09/2016

Jobbik to focus on wage rises in campaign for 2018, says group leader

Budapest (MTI) – Wage rises will be a major focus of Jobbik’s campaign for the 2018 general election, the party’s group leader said on Friday. Jobbik […]
10/09/2016

New café campaign to give an opportunity for homeless people to start over

According to origo.hu, a new Hungarian campaign, a mobile café is to be launched in Budapest in order to provide long-term help for homeless people, an […]
07/09/2016

Hungarian Socialists call for higher pay to public servants 

Budapest, September 7 (MTI) – The opposition Socialists on Wednesday called for higher pay for public servants who, they said, have not received a pay hike […]
06/09/2016

LMP turns to ombudsman over changes in vocational education

Budapest (MTI) – The opposition LMP party will turn to the ombudsman for basic rights over the recent changes to Hungary’s vocational education system, the party’s […]
05/09/2016

Hungary IT sector suffers labour shortage

Budapest, September 5 (MTI) – Last year, 22,000 jobs in Hungary’s IT sector went unfilled, business daily Világgazdaság said on Monday. Counting positions indirectly affected by […]
05/09/2016

HungaryTrends – The latest news in business and finance

Budapest, September 4 (MTI) – See below MTI’s main business and financial news from the previous week: HUNGARY INVESTMENT VOLUME DOWN 20.3 PC IN Q2 Investment […]