"Arguing the economic crisis and more specifically the Hungarian economic difficulties, a new Labour Code – shattering the concept and function of labour law – was literally imposed without any prior democratic debate. Determined to encourage employment and increase national competitiveness on the global market, the Government pursues an unchanging objective around saving costs and risk for the employers and opens wide opportunity to derogate even from the lowered statutory standards; no matter the weakening of employees' statutory protection."

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