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New Whistleblowing Act: a burden or a chance to develop trust?
Under the Whistleblowing Act, which transposes the EU Whistleblower Protection Directive, all companies with more than 50 employees must implement a whistleblowing system by 17 December 2023. "Yet another pain in the neck in the middle of the year-end madness” might...
Fines of up to HUF 200,000 for sanctioning or frustrating whistleblowing
While preparing for the new Whistleblowing Act, little has been said so far about the fact that in addition, the Misdemeanour Act will also be amended, envisaging a fine of up to HUF 200,000 if the company takes adverse action against the whistleblower or prevents or...
Immediate dismissal: developing case law
Immediate dismissal is perhaps one of the most problematic forms of termination of employment, so it is important for both employers and employees to have a deeper understanding of its rules. Below, two recent decisions of the Supreme Court in Hungary are presented to...
Beauty salon fined for tens of millions of forints for ostentatious GDPR malpractices
This year, two GDPR fines were in the news, no doubt that it was because of the significant amount of data protection fines. In one case, a beauty salon was fined for HUF 30 million, and in the other case, a retail chain was fined for HUF 90 million. In this article...
On the way to work-life balance
The Labour Code was amended on several important points at the beginning of the year. The main reason for the amendments was to transpose the directives on transparent and predictable working conditions and work-life balance. For those who have missed our presentation...
A new wind is blowing through whistleblowing
The European Union's authorities are even more vigorous than before in requiring Member States to detect and act effectively against breaches of EU law. This is also the aim of the new Hungarian act adopted on 23 May 2023 which obliges companies employing more than...
White Card offers a short-term solution for digital nomads in Hungary
In today's technologically accelerated world, it is becoming more and more common for workers or entrepreneurs not to be tied to a specific place by their job. IT professionals, graphic designers, marketing experts and many others can perform their tasks sitting in...
Unfair contract terms used by real estate developer
Based on a public interest action of the Public Prosecutor's Office, the court examined the general terms and conditions of a residential park developer contract, in which several clauses were declared unlawful and therefore invalid. The facts During the pre-trial...
Labour law in the spotlight: presentation at the Belgian Business Club in Hungary
On 1 January, the Labour Code of Hungary was amended on several points. The main objective of the amendment was to ensure work-life balance. Ádám Illés, partner of our law firm, gave a presentation on this topic at the event of the Belgian Business Club in Hungary. In...
The President of the AEA International Lawyers Network visited our office
At the end of the summer, Pedro Beltrán, President of the AEA International Lawyers Network, visited Budapest and was a guest of our office. Our team is a member of the AEA international network, which is present in 138 countries around the world. Although Visegrad+...