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13 Dec. 2018 / 15:27
Hungary's new 'slave law' sparks protests in Budapest
Protesters clashed with police in the Hungarian capital Budapest overnight during ongoing demonstrations against new legislation that has been dubbed the "slave law", Euronews reports.
The change allows employers to ask staff to work up to 400 extra hours per year of overtime instead of 250. It could amount to another eight hours a week for some workers, equivalent to an extra working day.
An amendment that has also enraged unions is that employers will be able to delay payments for the extra hours for up to three years. Previously it was one year.
The legislation was pushed through by Prime Minister Viktor Orban's ruling Fidesz party earlier in the day by way of their large majority.
Protesters shouting "Traitors, traitors" and "Orban go to hell" faced off against hundreds of police who stood on the steps of the parliament building.
In a statement, the rights group the Helsinki Committee said the law "is a serious threat to the rule of law in Hungary and runs counter to values Hungary signed up to when it joined the European Union."
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