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Thousands of people took to the streets Sunday in Budapest, Hungary to protest a new labor code they describe as a "slave law". The new law, under right-wing Prime Minister Viktor Urban, would allow companies to demand as much as 400 overtime hours per year by employees. In addition, Orban's administration passed a law establishing administrative courts that would answer to the government, by extension abolishing independent courts. The protest, which hit a peak of 10000 people in the streets, is part of a larger wave of discontent over what Hungarians see as Orban's attempts at autocratic rule.