La reforma laboral húngara. ¿El gran salto hacia el pleno empleo?

Abstract

The Hungarian Parliament adopted the new Labour Code, which came into effect on the 1st of July 2012. The main objective of the reform is flexibilisation of labour law, in order to increase the employment rate by promoting competitiveness of employers. This new orientation of labour law policy has been widely criticised, since the immediate effect of the new Act is the reduction of employee protection. Firstly, the article describes the main objectives and background of the labour law reform. Secondly, we elucidate conceptual changes in the fields of sources of labour law, collective rights and atypical forms of employment. The main question concerning the reform is, what effects may be expected as a consequence of flexibilising employment protection legislation.