The paper argues that the wage determination system in Hungary is extremely individualised and decentralised by Western European standards. The role of collective bargaining is secondary and within its structure the effect of national and sectoral agreements is relatively weak; however, the regulatory function of company level agreements is strong, at least for a small set of companies. The Hungarian system of collective bargaining is compared to that of Great Britain, the only EU Member State that has a decentralised system of bargaining. Finally, current proposals to amend the Hungarian collective bargaining system will be reviewed.
International Journal of Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations