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Everyone knows what each other earns - a new era in workplace culture

Everyone knows what each other earns - a new era in workplace culture

Hungary has until 7 June 2026 to transpose the European Union's Wage Parity Directive 2023/970 into national law, which will bring a significant change to our workplace culture. Several articles have already covered the technical and legal preparations and the steps for implementation. However, pay parity is not just another HR tool or legal obligation, but a major cultural change based on fairness, trust and transparency, writes Mariann Vámosi, founder and senior consultant at Projectis Consulting.

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Will the nurse be able to write a prescription? - more powers for professionals

Will the nurse be able to write a prescription? - more powers for professionals

In the future, highly qualified healthcare professionals will be able to perform activities independently, in their own right, which until now could only be performed with a medical degree, said Péter Takács.

A gratuity guide: what gifts can a doctor accept?

A gratuity guide: what gifts can a doctor accept?

By pushing the envelope, you can not only get the doctor and nurse in trouble, but also yourself. How can we say thank you, if not with money? What kind of gift can the doctor accept? The End of Holidays portal has found out.
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Jobseekers find it harder to change jobs, companies are slower to make decisions

GDP fell by 0.4%, investment fell by 2.8% in the first quarter, and industrial production fell by 8.7% in February, according to the latest data from the Hungarian Central Statistical Office. The Hungarian economy is facing a difficult month. How much are HR service providers feeling the effects on the labour market? How have the number of assignments and the behaviour of jobseekers changed? We asked representatives of the leading temporary employment agencies and recruitment agencies on the market - Prohuman, WHC, Man at Work, Human Centrum - about these questions.

Libri also abolishes the 4-day working week

After Magyar Telekom, another company experimenting with a 4-day working week, Libri, did not like the working time model either.

Recruitment advantage if a company can offer a home office

What are the challenges facing HR and recruitment? Do we need a special mindset for Generation Z? Is a female leadership quota in companies a good thing? These and similar professional questions were discussed at the recruiTECH recruitment conference by Magda Bába-Szabó, HR Director of Generali Biztosító and Anett Bognár, HR Manager of KPMG Delivery Network with recruitment expert Gábor Toldi.

More and more companies are deciding to eliminate the home office

While on average 22% of workers in the EU work from home or in hybrid working arrangements, the figure is only 10% in the EU.

Professions-jobs

What mothers returning to work need instead of individual discounts

In the past two years, the number of mothers working in cooperative employment has increased severalfold, indicating a growing trend in this market segment, according to data compiled by WHC Group on Mother's Day. Women with young children are in a situation that many workers will sooner or later find themselves in. This is why we need systemic understanding and flexibility in their employment, not individual preferences," according to a press release sent to our portal.

See the burden of invisible work

The first Tuesday in April is World Day of Invisible Work - in Hungary, women spend nearly two and a half times as much time in unpaid work as men.

Should we be afraid of AI taking our jobs? Here is the answer

Is artificial intelligence taking our jobs? Should white collar workers be afraid? We asked a job market expert and a futurologist about the short and medium term trends. The answers we received did not reassure us. What seems certain is that there is a lot to learn for workers and that the ability to react quickly will be a winning skill.

"We're looking for the purple elephant" - or why recruitment is exciting

Why do I like being a recruiter? - asked some well-known recruitment professionals Adrienn Csatalinácz, HR and BRAND Director of euJobs HR-Group at the HR Fest Recruitment Insider Sztorik online event. The professionals shared what recruitment experience has meant in their careers and what challenges they face in their daily work.

Recruitment

Should it be exciting rather than stress-free? - the criteria young people use to choose a job

What are the most important considerations when choosing a job? In a recent survey, the Institute for Youth Research looked at the expectations of 15-39 year olds. The results show that for the workers surveyed, exciting and varied tasks are of high importance, while routine work is less important.

The secrets to successful recruitment in 2025

Companies must constantly adapt to the challenges of a rapidly changing labour market if they are to attract and retain the best talent. Automation and artificial intelligence have taken recruitment to a new level, while the importance of soft skills has increased to unprecedented levels. In addition to candidates for open positions, companies need to focus on passive candidates who respond to specific and personalised requests.

What do you need to do for successful onboarding?

It is important to emphasise that a successful integration process is not only the responsibility of organisations, managers and mentors, but also the role of the new employee.

Meet the "man" who applied for a thousand jobs while he slept

It's no good if you don't use AI-based assistance, because you're no longer competing with flesh and blood humans in the first stage of the recruitment selection process.

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Generation Z does not adapt its life to work

Young people do not tolerate being looked down on by colleagues or disrespected by managers, nor do they tolerate being taken advantage of in the workplace. They prefer to change. Currently, 77% of companies have no strategy to manage intergenerational cooperation and generational change, and only one in two companies are addressing organisational ageing. This is among the findings of a recent generational survey, the main findings of which were presented at the recruiTECH 2025 recruitment conference. HR leaders from several companies also shared at the event what generational challenges and good practices are working in their companies.

Human robots are coming to factories: this is what they cost

The first industrial-scale production of humanoid robots could start as early as next year. The introductory price of humanoid robots is expected to be around €80 000 (HUF 31 million).

Samsung in Göd increased by nearly 300 people, several rental agencies reduced their staff

From January to February this year, the number of employees at the Samsung SDI battery manufacturer in Göd increased by 276 to 4114. Two large temporary employment agencies (Prohuman and WHC), on the other hand, saw a 200-person decrease, according to the monthly headcount trends compiled by HR Portal and Opten, which monitors the largest domestic employers.

The cleaning industry has grown, now employing more than 11,000 people: staff trends

From December last year to January this year, the largest increase in the number of employees was at B N Reference Zrt, which is engaged in cleaning and facility management, with 1963 more employees, according to the HR Portal and OPTEN Headcount Trends, which monitors the largest domestic employers.

Recruitment

This is how candidates try to fool HR - \"it's a new level of trickery\"

Jobseekers are using increasingly sophisticated methods to deceive employers. One Polish company, for example, used a deepfake video interview to try to get a non-existent, AI-generated candidate in. Although the case is extreme, the problem is becoming more and more common: HR is also increasingly tasked with filtering out applications that are disconnected from reality.

The secrets to successful recruitment in 2025

Companies must constantly adapt to the challenges of a rapidly changing labour market if they are to attract and retain the best talent. Automation and artificial intelligence have taken recruitment to a new level, while the importance of soft skills has increased to unprecedented levels. In addition to candidates for open positions, companies need to focus on passive candidates who respond to specific and personalised requests.

What do you need to do for successful onboarding?

It is important to emphasise that a successful integration process is not only the responsibility of organisations, managers and mentors, but also the role of the new employee.

Meet the "man" who applied for a thousand jobs while he slept

It's no good if you don't use AI-based assistance, because you're no longer competing with flesh and blood humans in the first stage of the recruitment selection process.

Relocation

1 years of experience with the Aliens Act: through the eyes of a relocation specialist - Györgyi Cziczárdi was interviewed.

In January 2024, the new Aliens Act came into force, creating new types of permits and a new framework for the employment of foreigners.2025 brought further changes, with further tightening of the rules, mainly concerning work permits and limiting the number of permits that can be issued. What changes have been introduced by the law, which was substantially amended a year ago? What are the positive experiences and what are the challenges? How does Györgyi Cziczárdi, Managing Director of Expat-Center and relocation expert with more than a decade of experience in the integration of foreign workers in Hungary, see all this?

What explains the labour market reallocation?

Emigration and expatriation are a decades-old phenomenon and have a negative impact on the economy. Why do Hungarians go abroad and why do they come to work in Asia?

Repatriation allowance, wage supplement, tax relief - how to lure Hungarians living abroad back home

In 2023, 770,000 Hungarians will be living abroad - calculated the Egyensúly Institute on the basis of data from the Hungarian Central Statistical Office, Eurostat and the United Nations in its study entitled "How to lure Hungarians who have emigrated abroad back home?". According to the institute, although Hungarians working abroad send 2-3% of Hungary's annual GDP back home, the country could gain even more by luring some of them back.

You can telework, but you don't get a promotion

Under new guidelines from Dell, one of the world's largest technology companies, employees who don't come into the office will not be promoted.

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