Rules on Home Office Work and Telework in Romania and in Hungary

Magdolna Vallasek; Gábor Mélypataki

doi:10.47078/2020.2.177-191

Magdolna Vallasek Assistant professor, Department of Law, Sapienta – Hungarian University of Transylvania
Gábor Mélypataki Assistant professor, Department of Agricultural and Labour Law, Faculty of Law, University of Miskolc https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0359-6538

DOI: https://doi.org/10.47078/2020.2.177-191

Keywords: home office, teleworking, pandemic, #stayhome, labour market challenges

Abstract

Pandemic crisis management requires new solutions that are not necessarily workable options in the traditional labour market. It is not about starting from scratch but about bringing to the fore legal institutions that have not been significant so far. This has had an unexpected effect on the labour law of Central European countries, as social partners fundamentally distrust atypical forms of work. This situation is also true for Romania and Hungary. In our study, we do not intend to present all forms, but only the two most important legal instruments in the labour market shaped by the pandemic; we analyse teleworking and home office work.

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