Regulations around electing representatives for occupational
safety in Hungary have changed, and the six-month grace period ends
on 8 January 2017.
In line with the economic environment and provisions of Act I of
2012 of the Hungarian Labour Code, Act XCIII of 1993 on Labour
Safety changed the regulation on electing representatives for
occupational safety.
The new regulation became effective as of 8 July 2016, however,
a six-month grace period was granted for the implementation, and
this period expires shortly, on 8 January 2017.
Key changes
The main change widens the circle of those employers where a
workers' representative for occupational safety must be
elected: the limit of employees has decreased from 50 to 20,
meaning that after the effective date of the legislative change,
all employers employing at least 20 employees must have a
workers' representative for occupational safety elected.
