Integration Of Home Office Into The Labour Code

In order to integrate home office into the Hungarian legal system, the legislator chose the following solution. Instead of regulating it through new codification, the Labour Code (Act I of 2012) was amended, and the rules for one of its atypical forms of employment, teleworking, were expanded so that they could also apply to regular home office work.

According to the amendment, teleworking is no longer limited to work performed outside the employer's premises, but also applies when an employee performs part of their work at the workplace and part outside it, for example, from home. The terms “home office” and “teleworking” are essentially synonyms.

The current version of the Labour Code no longer distinguishes between computer-based and other types of work, meaning that home office can be introduced in any job that allows for it.