Several amendments have been made again to the Hungarian Labour Code in March 2015. In particular, Section 140 regarding the amount of Sunday allowances has been changed. For more information about the Hungarian Labour Code, please read the newsletter and contact the authors at CLV Partners.

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NEWSLETTER
- about the amendment of the Hungarian Labour Code -
The provisions of the Hungarian Labour Code concerning Sunday allowance have been amended
based on the most recent decision of the Parliament.
As set out in Section 140 of the Labour Code, the amount of Sunday allowance is 50% of the
employee’s salary. As mentioned in our respective Newsletter, simultaneously with the approval of
the Act on Prohibition of Sunday work an amendment proposal to the Labour Code was also filed
with the Hungarian Parliament. Several amendments were added to this amendment proposal and
finally the Parliament adopted the respective amendment to the Labour Code on 17 March 2015.
Accordingly, section 140 of the Labour Code shall be amended so that those employees to whom the
employer schedules ordinary work or who shall perform extraordinary work
- on “Advent” Sundays (four Sundays before Christmas) between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m.; on 24 and
31 December between 6 a.m. and 12 a.m. should these days be Sundays, and annually one
Sunday - defined in the employer’s discretion – between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. under the scope of
the Act on Prohibition of Sunday work; as well as
- on Sundays in stores that class as retails stores1 in line with the most recent amendment to the
Commercial Act
shall receive 50% Sunday allowance in addition to the currently applicable amount of the Sunday
allowance (50%). This means altogether 100% Sunday allowance for the aforementioned working on
Sundays, as set out above.
The aforementioned amendment shall not be applied to employers falling under Section 5-6 of the Act
on Prohibition of Sunday work, e.g. bakeries and those “family stores” which are not larger than
200m2.
The amendments to the Labour Code and Commercial Act shall enter into force on the day after their
publication in the Hungarian Official Gazette, i.e. from 27 March 2015.
Should you have any questions regarding the above, please feel free to contact us.
Dr Marianna Csabai Dr Boglárka Kricskovics-Béli Dr Nóra Óváry-Papp
H-1126 Budapest, Tartsay Vilmos u. 3.
Tel: + 36 1 488 7008
Fax: + 36 1 488 7009
e-mail: clvlabour@clvpartners.com
1 a) When applying the provisions of the Act on the Prohibition of Sunday work, shops simultaneously carrying
out retail and wholesale activity shall class as stores carrying out retail activity (e.g. Metro). b) When applying the
provisions of the Act on the Prohibition of Sunday work, shops operating at the territory of a fuel station that do
not sell fuel shall qualify as a shop carrying our retail activity.