108 result(s) for wage talks in Articles
Lázár: Govt Sets Up Working Group On Migration Issues
- 17 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The government is setting up a working group under the leadership of the justice minister to consider issues connected with migration, János Lázár, the government office chief, told a regular government news briefing. The working group will comprise the heads of the justice ministry, the interior ministry and the prime minister’s office. Their job will be to prepare a report on legal regulations ...
Orbán: Hungary Experiencing Economic Boom
- 25 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- business
Hungary is experiencing a time of economic prosperity and will take another step forward in 2017, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told public Kossuth Radio. Speaking about next year’s budget, the prime minister said wages are continuously growing while unemployment is decreasing, something that Hungary “achieved without loans”.
HR Ministry Proposes Bonuses, Wage Hikes For Teaching Assistants
- 20 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The human resources ministry has proposed that public school teaching assistants be given bonuses on two occasions this year and a 10% wage increase in 2017. Deputy state secretary for public education Imre Sipos told MTI after a meeting of the public education roundtable on Tuesday that the proposal affects some 15,000 people and it was supported by the participants at the meeting.
Hungarian Workers Protest Against Sunday Shopping
- 18 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
More than 200 retail workers protested against Sunday shopping in front of the Economy Ministry building on Sunday, in a demonstration organised by the Retail Workers Union (KASZ). They carried banners reading “We would like to go to a football match after mass,” “We spend too little time with our families,” and “Western work for Eastern wages”. The protesters also demanded twice the usual daily ...
Socialists To Move Ahead With Signature Drive For Sunday Shopping Referendum
- 13 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- shopping
The Socialist Party said it would move ahead with collecting supporting signatures for a referendum on scrapping the law on Sunday shopping restrictions despite parliament revoking the law earlier in the day. Party leader József Tóbiás said that his party believed the government was not ready to rule out reintroducing the law.
Teachers Fail To Reach Agreement With Govt, Strike Looms
- 12 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Although the sides came closer, no agreement was reached at talks between a teachers’ strike committee and the government. The talks focused on the amount of mandatory services to be provided under strike laws on the day of the strike teachers called for April 20, statements by Piroska Galló, the head of the PSZ union, and Imre Sipos, the state secretary for public education, said.
Lázár: Referendum On EU Migrant Quota Scheme “Decisive”
- 8 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
In light of the European Commission’s recent package of proposals on reforming the EU’s refugee laws, the national referendum initiated in Hungary on the mandatory migrant relocation quota system will be “decisive”, the government office chief told a regular government news briefing.
Teachers’ Unions Mulling Strike
- 6 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Teacher unions are planning to hold a strike on April 20, having failed to reach an agreement on their demands with government representatives on Monday evening, the chairwoman of teacher trade union PSZ said. Piroska Galló said the unions would inform the government about the strike preparations and set a sevenday deadline for a response to their demands.
Lázár Rules Out Wage Hike For Teachers
- 18 Feb 2016 3:00 AM
- current affairs
The government has no means to hike teachers’ wages by 15-20% at the moment, government office chief János Lázár said. There is no way of doing so, even if protesters “use children ... to blackmail the government,” he told a weekly government press briefing.
Lázár: Govt Sets Up Working Group On Migration Issues
- 17 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The government is setting up a working group under the leadership of the justice minister to consider issues connected with migration, János Lázár, the government office chief, told a regular government news briefing. The working group will comprise the heads of the justice ministry, the interior ministry and the prime minister’s office. Their job will be to prepare a report on legal regulations ...
Orbán: Hungary Experiencing Economic Boom
- 25 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- business
Hungary is experiencing a time of economic prosperity and will take another step forward in 2017, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told public Kossuth Radio. Speaking about next year’s budget, the prime minister said wages are continuously growing while unemployment is decreasing, something that Hungary “achieved without loans”.
HR Ministry Proposes Bonuses, Wage Hikes For Teaching Assistants
- 20 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The human resources ministry has proposed that public school teaching assistants be given bonuses on two occasions this year and a 10% wage increase in 2017. Deputy state secretary for public education Imre Sipos told MTI after a meeting of the public education roundtable on Tuesday that the proposal affects some 15,000 people and it was supported by the participants at the meeting.
Hungarian Workers Protest Against Sunday Shopping
- 18 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
More than 200 retail workers protested against Sunday shopping in front of the Economy Ministry building on Sunday, in a demonstration organised by the Retail Workers Union (KASZ). They carried banners reading “We would like to go to a football match after mass,” “We spend too little time with our families,” and “Western work for Eastern wages”. The protesters also demanded twice the usual daily ...
Socialists To Move Ahead With Signature Drive For Sunday Shopping Referendum
- 13 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- shopping
The Socialist Party said it would move ahead with collecting supporting signatures for a referendum on scrapping the law on Sunday shopping restrictions despite parliament revoking the law earlier in the day. Party leader József Tóbiás said that his party believed the government was not ready to rule out reintroducing the law.
Teachers Fail To Reach Agreement With Govt, Strike Looms
- 12 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Although the sides came closer, no agreement was reached at talks between a teachers’ strike committee and the government. The talks focused on the amount of mandatory services to be provided under strike laws on the day of the strike teachers called for April 20, statements by Piroska Galló, the head of the PSZ union, and Imre Sipos, the state secretary for public education, said.
Lázár: Referendum On EU Migrant Quota Scheme “Decisive”
- 8 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
In light of the European Commission’s recent package of proposals on reforming the EU’s refugee laws, the national referendum initiated in Hungary on the mandatory migrant relocation quota system will be “decisive”, the government office chief told a regular government news briefing.
Teachers’ Unions Mulling Strike
- 6 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Teacher unions are planning to hold a strike on April 20, having failed to reach an agreement on their demands with government representatives on Monday evening, the chairwoman of teacher trade union PSZ said. Piroska Galló said the unions would inform the government about the strike preparations and set a sevenday deadline for a response to their demands.
Lázár Rules Out Wage Hike For Teachers
- 18 Feb 2016 3:00 AM
- current affairs
The government has no means to hike teachers’ wages by 15-20% at the moment, government office chief János Lázár said. There is no way of doing so, even if protesters “use children ... to blackmail the government,” he told a weekly government press briefing.