Labour Law
Immigration, Integration, Multiculturalism: An Overview of Immigration Policies of Germany...
Immigration policy; integration; multiculturalism; Germany; guest workers; national identity
The article traces the evolution of German immigration and integration policies from post-war forced displacement through guest-worker recruitment to citizenship reform and multiculturalism. It examines how migration, national identity, xenophobia, labour-market needs, and changing integration policies reshaped German society.
GULYÁS, ÉVA
Does the Labor Law Regulation Make You Happy?...
Male employees; work–family balance; parental leave; equal treatment; flexible employment; employee well-being
The article surveys the principal international and European instruments governing medical research, bioethics, and patient protection. It emphasizes informed consent, human dignity, research ethics, medical-data protection, and the primacy of the individual over scientific interests.
FERENCZ, JÁCINT
The Invalidity and the Non-Existence of Collective Bargaining Agreements in the Scope of...
Collective agreements, invalidity, non-existent contract, labor law
The biggest innovation of the new Act I of 2012 on the Labor Code of Hungary (LC) was that opposed to its predecessor, as a principle it allows collective agreements and individual labor contracts to regulate the content of work differently from what is stipulated by the Labor Code. The goal of the new LC was to increase the role and efficiency of collective bargaining agreements by promoting flexible collective autonomy to the employer and the trade unions, that means the freedom of the participants of the labor market to regulate their relationship through bargaining agreements adjusting to their (financial, social) needs. The collective bargaining agreements (CBA) constitute an extraordinary legal institution with both contract law and public(labor) law elements. As an agreement, the collective bargaining agreement is the embodiment of the mutual will of the parties involved, the labor union and the employer, although the normative regulations of it are applicable to all the employees employed at the employer. The aim of my research is to examine the contractual features of the CBAs, especially concerning their validity/invalidity, existence/non-existence to elaborate the case law of the Hungarian courts, and to draw consequences, how the contractual rules of the Labor Code and the Civil Code of Hungary shall be interpreted.
BALOGH, ÁRON PÉTER
The Definition of Working Time in Certain EU Member States' Labour Law with Special Regards to...
Directive, EU law, stand-by, travelling time, working time
The article compares the legal definition of working time in Hungary, Slovenia, Estonia, Slovakia, Czechia, and Poland with Directive 2003/88/EC. It identifies compliance problems concerning standby duty, travelling time, workplace availability, and the calculation of maximum weekly working time.
FODOR, T. GÁBOR
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