labour market

05/09/2016

Hungarians spend half of their earnings on rent

Average lodgers in Western Europe spend 25 % of their incomes on housing, while a Hungarian one may spend even 50 % on the same, says […]
03/09/2016

Government: Teacher wages to rise 3.5 pc this year

Budapest (MTI) – Teachers’ wages will rise by 3.5 percent from September this year based on the teacher career model, László Palkovics, the public education secretary, […]
02/09/2016

Student job in Hungary: 2 euros per hour

Budapest, September 2 (MTI) – Currently 40 percent of students do jobs as well as study as against around 10 percent in previous years, the daily […]
30/08/2016

Jobbik: Hungary can no longer retain labour force coming from neighbouring countries

Jobbik considers it as the proof of incapacity of Hungarian governments in the past one and a half decades that while skilled Hungarian-speaking labour force was […]
30/08/2016

Jobless rate falls further to 5 percent in May-July – UPDATE

Budapest, August 30 (MTI) – Hungary’s three-month rolling jobless rate eased to 5 percent in May-July from 5.1 percent in April-June, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) […]
29/08/2016

New vocational schools launched in Hungary

Budapest, August 29 (MTI) – September will see the start of new kinds of vocational training in Hungary, Economy Minister Mihály Varga said in Kecskemét, in […]
27/08/2016

Orbán: Demographic policies key to curing labour shortages

Budapest (MTI) – Demographic and family policies are the key to tackling Hungary’s labour shortages, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Friday. The country is in […]
19/08/2016

Hungarian gross wages rise by 5.7 pc in June

Budapest, August 19 (MTI) – The average gross wage in Hungary was 259,875 forints (EUR 837) in June, up by 5.7 percent from the same month […]
17/08/2016

Public services workers’ union announces full-day strike

Budapest, August 17 (MTI) – The public services workers’ union MKKSZ announced a full-day strike for September 14, the union’s president said on Wednesday. The union […]
16/08/2016

Union campaign launched on gender pay gap

Budapest, August 15 (MTI) – The Hungarian Association of Trade Unions MaSzSZ has launched a campaign to raise efforts to reduce the wage gap between men […]
15/08/2016

Labour shortages approach critical level in Hungary

Figures recently released by Hungary’s Central Statistical Office (KSH) show that some 50,000 jobs were still waiting to be filled in certain sectors and regions of […]
15/08/2016

Socialists: govt employment statistics ‘deceptive’

Budapest (MTI) – The government uses false statistical figures to “pull the wool over people’s eyes,” Nándor Gúr, deputy chair of the opposition Socialists, told a press […]
14/08/2016

Hungarian Ministry of Economy to prepare new job-boosting measures

Budapest (MTI) – The Ministry of Economy is working on new measures to boost the economy and create jobs, Economy Minister Mihály Varga said in an […]
12/08/2016

Surprisingly much money is sent home by Hungarians working abroad

Hungarians working in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada sent the largest amount of money home among those working abroad in 2014, Hungarian Academy […]
10/08/2016

Socialists reiterate call for across-the-board national wage increase

Budapest, August 10 (MTI) – The Socialist Party on Wednesday called for an across-the-board 50 percent wage increase to tackle Hungary’s labour shortages. An entire generation […]
08/08/2016

Socialists slam govt for 600,000 Hungarians leaving to work abroad

Budapest (MTI) – The Orbán government’s “impotence” has resulted in 600,000 Hungarians leaving the country to make a living abroad while there is a shortage of […]
03/08/2016

Hungary retail sales up 5.7 pc in June

Budapest, August 3 (MTI) – Retail sales in Hungary climbed by 5.7 percent in June from the same month a year earlier, preliminary data released by […]
03/08/2016

Wage rises in health care expected to slow emigration

Budapest, August 3 (MTI) – Wage hikes in Hungary’s health-care sector are expected to slow down the emigration of doctors and other staff, the daily Magyar […]
30/07/2016

This is what Hungarians do for a living in the U.K.

‘In the worst case I go to London and wash dishes’ – according to index.hu, this was plan B for several Hungarian young adults in the […]
29/07/2016

Varga: Jobless rate expected to drop below 5 pc

Budapest, July 29 (MTI) – The jobless rate in Hungary is expected to drop to below 5 percent in the next few months, the economy minister […]