Hungary: government reveals draft reforms to introduce flexibility to employment relations

so called Széll Kálmán Plan which is a wide range of proposed changes and initiatives to provide stimulus to the Hungarian economy. The Plan itself will be introduced in several changes and the Government will continue to announce further details later. This first piece concentrates on simplifying the administrative burdens and the obligations regulating employment relations. It notably intends to make works councils optional and to review working time regulations and severance pay. These anno