Most Hungarians oppose planned labor law revision: survey

Source: Xinhua| 2018-12-07 22:43:45|Editor: yan
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BUDAPEST, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- Four Hungarians out of 5 are opposed to the government's planned revision of the country's labor law, which would allow the annual overtime limit to be increased from 300 to 400 hours, according to a survey published here on Friday.

"The rejection of the bill is huge. According to a representative research carried out in early December, 83 percent of the working-age population rejected the proposal. Only 9 percent supported the government initiative," the pollster Policy Agenda said in a statement.

The Hungarian Labor Code is expected to be amended by the government to increase the upper limit for overtime from 300 hours to 400 hours per year. Trade unions and opposition parties dubbed the new draft legislation "slave law" and are organizing nationwide demonstrations against it.

According to the majority (51 percent) of survey respondents, if accepted, the new legislation would damage the ruling Fidesz party.

Trade unions are organizing demonstrations ahead of the adoption of the new law, and 81 percent of the survey respondents supported such actions, according to Policy Agenda.

Policy Agenda conducted its research on a representative sample of people aged between 18 and 60 years. Six hundred Hungarians were surveyed on Dec. 4-5.

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