Labour Law
“Landscape After Battle” – On the Margins of the Hungarian Public Education Act
Public education; teachers’ rights; right to strike; educational autonomy; LGBTQ content; constitutional rights
Protests by teachers' and students' NGOs and civil disobedience movements have drawn attention to the fundamental deficiencies of the Hungarian public education system. The controversial so-called „Status Law”, which provoked intense debates, redefined the careers of teachers (called national career path model - see below) and the whole organisation of public educational system. The most significant dilemma of the legislation act is how to interpret the constitutional right to education and the autonomy of public education. In answering this question, it is necessary to point out the government's intention and the wide social/political debate that also emerged behind the government decree on child protection and has resulted in the exclusion of LMBTQ-themed learning materials from school textbooks. The latter has led to the need to wrap LGBTQ books in the youth literature section of bookshops. Why and how have education and child protection issues become politicised and ideologised in Hungary?
EGRESI, KATALIN
Labour Law Approach of Compensation, with Special Attention to...
Employee compensation; employer liability; occupational health and safety; personality rights; non-pecuniary loss; workplace injury
The article examines compensation for violations of employees’ life, physical integrity, health, and personality rights within Hungarian labour law. It analyses employer liability, occupational safety duties, the functions and amount of compensation, and the relevant judicial practice.
BORS, SZILVIA
Complex Approach to the Atypical Forms of Employment Contracts
Atypical employment; employment contracts; worker protection; self-employment; flexicurity; labour market
The article examines atypical employment relationships through labour-law, economic, sociological, and public-policy perspectives. It evaluates Hungarian regulation concerning job sharing, multiple employers, self-employment, simplified employment, domestic work, and school cooperatives, with particular attention to vulnerable workers.
FERENCZ, JÁCINT
Supportive and Obstructive Judiciary Institutions of the Labour Law Regarding Work-Family Balance
Work-family balance; maternity protection; parental leave; gender equality; childcare benefits; labour law
The article examines Hungarian labour-law and social-security measures affecting the reconciliation of employment and family responsibilities. It argues that maternity protection and childcare benefits may reinforce gender stereotypes unless parental leave and care responsibilities are distributed more equally between women and men.
GÖNDÖR, ÉVA
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