General Employee Pay Regulations in Hungary
Minimum wage
Determining an employee’s basic salary is a mandatory requirement of the employment contract. The basic salary may be fixed on an hourly or a monthly basis and should be determined and paid in HUF. (The parties may deviate from the HUF currency only in case of executive employees based in the Hungarian jurisdiction.) The basic salary must be at least the minimum salary the government has set. Salaries must be at least HUF 232,000 (around EUR 600) for full-time employment (40-hour work week) for jobs that do not require any education and HUF 296,400 (around EUR 767.4) for full-time employment (40-hour work week) for jobs requiring at least a high school graduation certificate. These are the minimum salaries in Hungary.
Frequency
Monthly
Payday
Salaries must be paid by the 10th day following the month in question. Salaries can be paid in cash or via a bank transfer to an account specified by the employee.
Salary supplements
The basic purpose of salary supplements is to reward employees for working in more difficult conditions than usual, in addition to their normal working hours. Supplements are calculated based on the employee’s basic salary per hour:
- Night allowance (15%)
- Shift premium (30%)
- Sunday allowance (50%)
- Public holiday allowance (100%)
- On-call duties (40%)
