In the first quarter of 2024, the Hungarian lawmaker created a completely new legal environment for the employment of third-country nationals and introduced special residence titles. We will introduce the new legal regime in a series of articles, the first part of which will cover the types of residence permits for employment purposes and the procedural rules.

Smartlegal Schmidt&Partners reports from Hungary:

Multinational company groups often use unified ERP software which frequently involve processing employee data. In such cases, it may be necessary to transfer personal data to a non-EU based country and the legal basis of the transfer might be a collective agreement. But how far does the contractual freedom of the parties to a collective agreement extend? Can the general principles of the GDPR be circumvented? In our article, we analysed the recent decision of the CJEU which provides an answer to this question.

Following a landmark decision of the Hungarian Supreme Court (our article about the decision can be found here), the Hungarian legislator adopted a new decree, applicable from February 2025, on the attorney fees applicable in court proceedings. The main aim of the new regulation is to limit the unreasonable reductions of attorneys’ fees. What changes will the new decree bring to the attorney’s fees? 

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For multinational employers, it is almost inevitable to transfer personal data to so called third countries meaning countries outside the European Economic Area. In many cases, the company group may have members resident in non-EEA countries who need to process personal data of EU-resident employees or a third party residing outside the EEA may provide a service to the company group that involves processing of personal data. In this article we deal with the question of how such personal data transfers to third countries may be made GDPR compliant.

Smartlegal Schmidt&Partners reports from Hungary:

It is a common practice to provide your employee with a corporate e-mail account for working purposes. In some cases, the employer needs to examine the employee’s e-mail account, for example to ensure the continuous management of cases during the absence of the employee. How can you legally monitor your employee’s e-mail account? Here are five things to consider.
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Keywords: Hungary, European Union, NIS2 Directive, Cybersecurity

Before the winter holidays the Hungarian Parliament adopted the new Cybersecurity Act which repeals the former Cybersecurity Certification Act. The Cybersecurity Act implements the EU NIS2 Directive and imposes numerous obligations on the affected organizations. Read our short article and find out if you are affected and if so, what are your key responsibilities.

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