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Reflections on future changes in telework
Since the Government submitted the Telework Bill to the Parliament on 23 November 2021, there has been a public debate on the interpretation of several of its provisions. The law, which has been adopted in the meantime, answers many questions, but some remain open....
Under the needle?
Reflections on the government decree on the protection of workplaces against coronavirus Since the promulgation of Government Decree 598/2021 (X.28.) on the protection of workplaces against coronavirus ("Government Decree”), we have been hearing reports of companies...
Supreme Court: the entry of a party’s successor into the contract does not constitute an amendment of the contract
In the business world, it regularly happens that there is not only a change in the position of the obligor and obligee under the contract, but also a need for one of the contracting parties to transfer its entire contractual position to a third party, with the...
Share for work: new tool to motivate employees
The Employee Share Ownership Programme (MRP) has taken root at employers. Its new, partly simpler and partly stricter version, the Special Employee Share Ownership Programme (KMRP), aims to give a boost to this trend. How is it different? What are its advantages and...
Compensation for protracted lawsuits
In the determination of his civil rights and obligations, everyone is entitled to a fair and public lawsuit by a court within a reasonable time. This constitutional principle has so far not been very well elaborated and litigants have only been able to enforce this...
Whistleblower Directive: time to prepare
Under EU Directive 2019/1937 on the protection of persons who report breaches of EU law, a whistleblower protection system will be mandatory for companies with 250 or more employees in the first phase. The deadline for transposition of the directive expires on 17...
Capital structure after COVID – let’s take stock!
Many market players have been hit hard by the pandemic. Some of them got a smaller slice of the declining pie than expected, while others tried to prepare for the post-COVID period with investments and developments. Whatever the decision of the company, like a good...
Start-up funding to get a kick with the EU’s crowdfunding regulation
A unified European regulation on crowdfunding will enter into force on the 10th of November: an EU regulation will allow a crowdfunding platform already licensed in one country to operate in any other Member State. The Hungarian legislator has recently harmonised...
Unfair terms in insurance contracts
Recently, the Public Prosecutor's Office won a case against a large insurance company at the court. The court, in line with the prosecutor's action, found that several clauses of the general terms and conditions applied by the insurance company were unfair and...
Delegation of the right to co-sign
In a case-law decision of 15 February 2021, the Hungarian Supreme Court dealt with the power of representation delegated by a person authorised to represent the company jointly. The case-law decision explained that, as a general rule, in case of co-signing, a contract...