Once you hire your first employee, Helpers Finance ensures your company stays fully compliant with Hungarian labor regulations. With over 12 years of experience supporting internationally owned businesses, we handle all ongoing HR administration, allowing you to focus on running your business.
From payroll and leave management to hiring and termination procedures, we take care of everything—even communicating directly with your employees if preferred. Our high-level English account management guarantees smooth operations and compliance every step of the way.
A significant portion of HR activities at a company consists of various types of administrative tasks. It starts with payroll administration, which includes handling entry and exit documents, noting eligibility for tax benefits, and recording working time alongside holidays and sick leaves. At the same time, you need someone to manage payments as well as labor contracts, job descriptions, bonus agreements and fringe benefits plans, and organize obligatory health-checkups and fire safety trainings.
While the above tasks are essential for HR compliance in Hungary, outsourcing them can make sense in various cases. At a new company that is just making its first hires, HR related tasks will not require a full-time employee while they will still need special skills and expertise. At a growing business that already has HR personnel, outsourcing administrative tasks will let the company better allocate the capabilities of their in-house experts, who can focus their efforts on recruitment and strategy.
Operating a business requires expertise not only in its main activity, but also in the various administrative functions that ensure the smooth and successful operation of your company. Instead of learning the skills crucial for fulfilling these functions in a new country, your resources will be better allocated by working with a reliable partner who can take the burden of administration off your shoulders so you can focus on the things in your own field of expertise. Take advantage of our accumulated skills and facilities for HR support, and build your employer brand alongside growing your business.
The answer greatly depends on the type of your business, however, outsourcing HR functions can be highly cost-effective for a new company. Typically, smaller organizations hire their first HR professional when they reach between 20 to 50 employees. Often, this HR person will take on additional tasks, but maintaining a ratio of one HR professional per 50 employees is standard practice.
First of all, to avoid future disputes, the labor contract should be in Hungarian (it can also be bilingual). This way the Hungarian employee cannot claim that they did not understand the terms of the contract before signing. However, a simple translation of your existing foreign template is not enough.
While you can use your existing template as a basis for your agreement with your Hungarian employees, you must make sure they match local requirements. For that purpose, it might make more sense to create a new labor contract using a Hungarian template. The HR support offered by Helpers covers this type of consultancy as well, while we also work together with labor lawyers who can make sure the final version of the agreement will match both your intentions and Hungarian regulations. Read more here.
If your Hungarian employee has a labor contract without a termination date (which is typical in Hungary), the contract can be terminated only under specific conditions. This is supposed to protect the interests of both the employer and the employee. The most common types of termination are as follows:
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Yes, under specific conditions. After the probation period, the employment contract may be terminated by either party with immediate effect in the following cases (Section 78 of the Labor Code):
The right of extraordinary dismissal may be exercised within a period of 15 days from the date when the party has gained adequate knowledge of the grounds of dismissal, and at the latest within 1 year from the occurrence of such grounds for dismissal.
It depends on the nationality of your employee-to-be. EEA nationals can work in Hungary after a simple registration, which takes just a few days. Third-country nationals, however, will need a work permit, for which the application takes at least 2-3 months. There are several types of work permits available based on nationality, qualifications, and the open position, and each permit type has different requirements and perks.
If you want to hire foreign nationals in Hungary, take advantage of the 20 years of expertise of Helpers Hungary. Learn more about hiring foreign nationals here.
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