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Xpat Opinion: Health Service Pay Rise Offers Rejected
- 21 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
As health workers’ trade unions reject the government’s pay hike scheme, a health care manager advocates the rationalization of services and the abolition of ‘gratitude money’.
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.
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Healthcare In The Grip Of A Corrupt Medical Aristocracy
- 19 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
A revelatory opinion piece appeared in today’s Index, written by Gabriella Lantos, managing director of the Róbert Károly Private Clinic, which specializes in women’s medicine. Lantos lays out in a convincing way “what is wrong with Hungarian healthcare.”
Retailers Scramble To Hire Staff For Sundays
- 14 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- shopping
Hypermarket chain Tesco is planning to open its stores this coming Sunday and is offering a 200% wage bonus to lure staff – three times the weekday wage – Népszabadság writes, citing retail sector trade union KASZ.
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.
Hungarian-American Relations Have Never Been As Highly Developed As They Are Now
- 12 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó received a bipartisan delegation of United States Members of Congress on Friday in Budapest. “The system of relations between Hungary and the United States of America have never been as highly developed as they are now”, he said at the event.
Report: Government Revokes Sunday Closings Law
- 12 Apr 2016 4:00 AM
- shopping
The Hungarian Parliament today approved legislation putting an end to a year-old law that required retailers to stay closed on Sundays, according to Hungarian news agency MTI. The legislation was approved in an expedited procedure after the government proposed it yesterday. According to reports, the law will still remain in effect for this Sunday.
Report: 85% Support Reopening Stores On Sunday
- 11 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- shopping
In a poll conducted recently by online news portal origo.hu, 85% of the siteʼs readers said they support the reopening of stores on Sundays, but government friendly daily Magyar Idők reported today that the increase in payroll resulting from the Sunday reopenings may have to be passed on to the consumer in the form of higher prices.
Xpat Opinion: Inadequate Hygiene In Hungarian Hospitals
- 11 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
Today I’m venturing into the world of healthcare, specifically hygiene or rather the lack of it in some Hungarian hospitals. A discussion of the high rate of infections contracted in hospitals began when the movement “1001 physicians without gratuity” called attention to the problem. According to the statement of these doctors, the problem has been known for years. But not only is nothing being ...
Xpat Opinion: Health Service Pay Rise Offers Rejected
- 21 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
As health workers’ trade unions reject the government’s pay hike scheme, a health care manager advocates the rationalization of services and the abolition of ‘gratitude money’.
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.
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Healthcare In The Grip Of A Corrupt Medical Aristocracy
- 19 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
A revelatory opinion piece appeared in today’s Index, written by Gabriella Lantos, managing director of the Róbert Károly Private Clinic, which specializes in women’s medicine. Lantos lays out in a convincing way “what is wrong with Hungarian healthcare.”
Retailers Scramble To Hire Staff For Sundays
- 14 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- shopping
Hypermarket chain Tesco is planning to open its stores this coming Sunday and is offering a 200% wage bonus to lure staff – three times the weekday wage – Népszabadság writes, citing retail sector trade union KASZ.
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.
Hungarian-American Relations Have Never Been As Highly Developed As They Are Now
- 12 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó received a bipartisan delegation of United States Members of Congress on Friday in Budapest. “The system of relations between Hungary and the United States of America have never been as highly developed as they are now”, he said at the event.
Report: Government Revokes Sunday Closings Law
- 12 Apr 2016 4:00 AM
- shopping
The Hungarian Parliament today approved legislation putting an end to a year-old law that required retailers to stay closed on Sundays, according to Hungarian news agency MTI. The legislation was approved in an expedited procedure after the government proposed it yesterday. According to reports, the law will still remain in effect for this Sunday.
Report: 85% Support Reopening Stores On Sunday
- 11 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- shopping
In a poll conducted recently by online news portal origo.hu, 85% of the siteʼs readers said they support the reopening of stores on Sundays, but government friendly daily Magyar Idők reported today that the increase in payroll resulting from the Sunday reopenings may have to be passed on to the consumer in the form of higher prices.
Xpat Opinion: Inadequate Hygiene In Hungarian Hospitals
- 11 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
Today I’m venturing into the world of healthcare, specifically hygiene or rather the lack of it in some Hungarian hospitals. A discussion of the high rate of infections contracted in hospitals began when the movement “1001 physicians without gratuity” called attention to the problem. According to the statement of these doctors, the problem has been known for years. But not only is nothing being ...