Dr. Péter Weidinger, LL.M. became a new partner at act Bán & Karika Attorneys at Law as of January 2022. The lawyer has wide experience in the field of contract law, corporate law, real estate law, labour law and data protection. Besides supervising the work of the junior associates, he will also represent our clients in court and out of court.

If the company’s sales have fallen due to the crisis caused by the coronavirus, can employees’ salaries be reduced or even employed in other jobs? If the salary cannot be reduced and the job cannot be changed unilaterally, then how can the employer get rid of the overstaffing situation? Could the coronavirus be the reason for the termination?

In recent days, efforts to moderate and partially repeal restrictive / prohibitive measures aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus have become more and more active in both the surrounding countries and in Hungary