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Data processing at work in the light of the latest NAIH practice
Workplace data protection legislation has been of great interest since the entry into force of the GDPR. At the end of last year, two important decisions were issued that may outline the Hungarian regulatory practice for the application of GDPR to workplace data...
Work schedule for 2020 announced
Authorized by the Labour Code, the Ministry of Finance specified the work schedule around bank holidays in 2020. According to the ministerial decree, employees working in regular work pattern can calculate with two rescheduled rest days: 21st August, Friday and 24th...
Fine imposed to pharma company for directly targeting children in TV commercial
A pharma company was fined for 7 million HUF because of an unlawful commercial. Read the reason and short summary of the Hungarian Competition Authority’s (GVH) decision below. GVH found Bayer’s commercial unlawful where the company advertised its Supradyn Kids...
Next year even SMEs cannot escape from fine with a simple warning
From 1 January 2020 the benefit regarding authorities shall warn SMEs instead of fine will be repelled. Act XXIV of 2004 on Small and Medium Enterprises and Supporting their Development (SME Act) provides for the concept of small and medium-sized enterprises and their...
GDPR AT WORK SEMINAR – Invitation
The Danish-Hungarian Business Club and their partners, the Romanian-Hungarian Business Circle (RoCham) and the Czech-Hungarian Business Club in co-operation with our law firm cordially invites you to a lecture on GDPR AT WORK Date: 12th November, 2019. 17:30 – 19.30...
VAT on bad debts will be recoverable from next year in Hungary
An amendment to tax law provisions as entering into effect from 1 January 2020 will make it possible also in Hungary to recover VAT paid on bad debts. We have collected the conditions of the recovering, so your company shall be able to get prepared. Regarding bad...
Problems with quality of the property after purchase? Who shall be responsible?
In this article we summarize the criteria that determine in which cases the seller is liable for a defect of the property after purchasing. „Caveat emptor” – that is „beware Vendor!”- they used to say in the Roman Empire, and such is a basic principle in the...
Occupational accident: how to prevent it and what to do if it occurred?
It is not widely known that in case of an occupational accident, employers may have financial obligation not only towards their employees but also towards the state as well. In addition to the compensation for damages payable to the worker, the employer may be obliged...
GDPR: a lookback on the first year and the practice of the authority
What are the authority’s criteria for imposing fine since the GDPR being in effect? - The president of the National Authority for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (the “NAIH”) gave insights in September at a conference. The NAIH has started to do the honours...
European cartel case before a Hungarian court?
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) passed an iconic decision in a preliminary ruling procedure. A Hungarian company has sued for damages arising from a Europe-wide cartel case before a Hungarian court. The question was whether the case fell under Hungarian...