Starting from 1st of January 2025, significant changes will come into effect regarding the rules for document retention necessary for pension determination, which will significantly reduce the administrative burden on employers.
The European Union’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) regulation establishes a comprehensive framework for the safe and ethical use of AI applications. Regulation 2024/1689 of the European Parliament and Council (AI Regulation), …
Determining absence pay often poses challenges when factoring in performance-based pay or similar wage components. A common question is whether bonuses, premiums, and commissions should be included in the calculation of absence pay
The Hungarian Official Gazette of 14 October 2024 contains significant changes to the law on the placement and employment of third-country nationals, which will have a significant impact on private recruitment agencies and employers.
On 26 September 2024, regulations regarding occupational health examinations were announced, which will come into effect two days after their announcement, i.e., on 28 September 2024. The current issue of …
Legislative changes pose a serious risk for businesses, especially when they come into force unexpectedly and adversely. In order to deal with such situations, a properly drafted force majeure clause is a safeguard to ensure that a business is not put in an unjustifiably breach of contract situation.
In a recent decision, the Curia has ruled that the justification of absence is closely linked to the duty to cooperate and inform. The duty of cooperation is imposed on the employee during the period of exemption from the obligation to work and without a specific request from the employer.
From 1 September 2024, the regime for mandatory occupational health examinations will change: the obligation to undergo an occupational health examination will no longer be comprehensive, as
(i) legislation will specify the specific jobs for which an occupational health examination is mandatory, and
(ii) in other cases, it will be up to the employer to decide whether to require an occupational health examination
In July 2024, the noyb organization, led by Austrian data protection activist and lawyer Max Schrems, published a detailed report examining the decisions and recommendations issued by national data protection authorities regarding website cookie management.
According to the NAIH’s report on the year 2023, the data protection authority imposed a HUF 40,000,000 data protection fine on a data controller for trying to pass on data security obligations to data subjects [NAIH-109/2023].The data controller required data subjects to send documents containing bank data to it in a password-protected, secure manner, instead of the data controller itself setting up the conditions for secure data sharing.
