Hungary has introduced changes to the rules governing
labour inspection effective from 11 March 2021.
On 1 March 2021, the Hungarian act on labour inspection was
repealed and replaced by a new Act CXXXV of 2020 on services and
subsidies facilitating employment, and on the supervision of
occupation.
The detailed rules are set out in a Decree (Gov. Decree 115/2021
(III.10.)), which was published on 10 March 2021. Its new rules
apply from 11 March 2021.
The previous labour inspection has been replaced by the
so-called ‘occupation supervision procedure'.
Supervision remains the responsibility of Government Offices.
Below we set out the main aspects of the new regulation.
1. One significant change is that under
the new occupation supervision procedure, the authority can
supervise not only employment relationships, but also other forms
of work. The new legislation has extended the concept of employment
to any legal relationship performed for a fee under the
