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The government modified the overtime bill without prior consultation and made it possible for employers to unilaterally apply even more flexible working time arrangements. According to the Vasas trade union’s vice president, the government is moving to fully pass the cost of managing the pandemic onto the workers. According to the union, workers will now become completely vulnerable to the multinationals. The employee now becomes indebted to the employer, who can give an advance on wages for one to two weeks or even a month due to downtime and demand the debt be repaid within 24 months.
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