Janos Lantos welcomed the ban on the operation of staffing companies, which his party often refers to as "modern slave traders", in the sector, but said there was no guarantee that the import of guest workers to Hungary would not be restarted abroad in a different, but organised way.

"I don't think that global multinationals have given up on bringing large number of guest workers to Hungary," he said.

Lantos also demanded that the government compensate those Hungarians who lost their jobs due to the arrival of guest workers in the country.


Meanwhile, Business says Guest Workers Necessary to Fill Supply Gap in Food Industry

Master Good needs to hire foreigners to meet demand for increased output because there isn't enough local labour, Laszlo Barany, the managing director of the poultry giant said at a conference on Wednesday.

"We don't bring in foreign workers because they're cheap, but because there aren't enough local labourers," Barany said.

If Master Good can't hire foreign workers, he warned the company would not go ahead with the construction of a HUF 120bn plant and could even have to scale back domestic production.

"Politicians need to ask whether that's good for the country," he added.

Master Good plans to double output in the coming five years, but that will require around 3,000 new hires, Barany said.

Master Good had turnover of HUF 213bn in 2025, public records show.


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Source: MTI – Hungary’s national news agency since 1881.

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