Hungary officials wrote a bill that would increase the amount of overtime that employees can be forced to work in an attempt to address the country’s labor shortage. The bill would increase the number of extra hours that employers can force their employees to work from 250 to 400, annually. The proposal has not been well received by the opposition, who has called it a “slave law.” On Tuesday night, the proposal was debated in a parliament meeting where labor unions threated to plan a nationwide protest unless the bill was modified. In response to this warning, officials have agreed to alter the bill so that the extra hours are voluntary rather than mandatory.
See "Hungary to Water Down ‘Slave Law’ After Uproar Over Extra Hours", Zoltan Simon, Bloomberg, November 28, 2018