COVID-19: MEPs debate how to best protect cross-border and seasonal workers
The Employment and Social Affairs Committee is set to delve into alleged breaches of EU law on working time, health and safety of cross-border workers, on Tuesday.
Adam
Economy
Erste Bank Hungary Chief Jelasity Elected Banking Assoc Head
Radovan Jelasity, the chairman-CEO of Erste Bank Hungary, was elected chairman of the Hungarian Banking Association on Friday, the professional body said.
State-Owned Companies Still Struggle With Staffing Issue
Despite layoffs because of the coronavirus pandemic, state-owned companies are still facing labour shortage issues, daily Magyar Nemzet said.
Budget Deficit Reaches HuF 727.4 BN at End-April, Ministry Confirms
Hungary’s cash flow-based budget deficit, excluding local councils, reached 727.4 billion forints (EUR 2.1bn) at the end of April, a second reading of data from the finance ministry showed.
Infrastructural Expansion in Határ Street Industrial Park Began
Significant infrastructural development started in Debrecen, in Debrecen Regional and Innovation Science Technology Park in Határ Street, which makes a total of 35 hectares of development area suitable for receiving investors, in more phases.
Debrecen City Support Fund: The Range of Eligible Local Beneficiaries Expanded
Workers on unpaid leave and the self-employed suspending their business activities may also submit applications to the Debrecen Support Fund and the amount of support has increased as well – announced Mayor László Papp at the event held on 19 May 2020, where two applicants were handed over their support in kind.
Over 8000 companies apply for wage support
More than 8,000 companies have applied for wage support for around 105,000 employees who are working reduced hours under a government scheme to manage the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic, Minister of Innovation and Technology László Palkovics said at a daily coronavirus briefing.
CDI supports job creation
The Centrist Democrat International (CDI), a Christian Democratic political formation, held a video conference to discuss as a priority the tackling of the coronavirus pandemic, the press chief of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said.
Trócsányi: Confrontation between EU and national institutions to be expected
Fidesz MEP László Trócsányi said in an article published in Wednesday’s Magyar Nemzet that confrontations between the European Union’s institutions and those of member states were predictable as “the balance outlined in the EU treaties have been upset” and the EU is “showing tendencies that institutions of the individual member states reject”.
69.000 more Hungarians registered as jobseekers in April
The number of registered jobseekers in Hungary rose by an annual 69,000, or 26.5%, to 330,700 in April, data published on the website of the National Employment Office (NFSZ) show.