European Telework Development

European Telework Online Hungary

At the European Telework Online web site - http://www.eto.org.uk
This is the English version of the page about Hungary.
 
  • Hungarian Version (magyarul)

    • Telework in Hungary

    Over the past few years, telework has become of interest to Hungary’s government leaders, business decision makers, employee’s and entrepreneurs. Relatively extensive media coverage, and slowly growing practice have helped the better understanding of telework in Hungary and the word "tavmunka", which is the accurate translation of the term telework, is now widely known in Hungary. However, despite this coverage, for many people its uses and benefits are still not fully understood.

    Thanks to recent research, there is now information available about the extent, trends, good and bad practices as well as driving and hindering factors of telework take-up in Hungary. Researchers have found that there are only a few companies who employ teleworkers, and among them the relative number of these workers is low. The share of corporate teleworkers does not yet reach 1% of the workforce. Also, according to a recent survey among mid and large size organizations slightly more than one third of companies based in Hungary reject the idea of telework. A bit more than one third of the companies would gladly employ teleworkers, and can imagine realizing this in a five years’ time.

    When looking at the fields of work, Hungarian corporations have determined four areas that could create opportunities to employ teleworkers. These work areas are accounting, market research, translating and data recording. In 2001 two big corporations, Matáv and MOL, respectively the country's biggest local telecom company and largest oil company have launched corporate telework projects among their employees.

    SMEs, according to recently prepared case studies, show and increasing interest towards mobile and flexible working methods. So does the freelance world, where one can see a growing number of individuals and small companies incorporating ework into their daily working procedures.

    In looking to the future of teleworking in Hungary, several factors will influence the rate of growth including telecom liberalization, the growth in the number of home PCs connected to the Internet, the decreasing cost of Internet connection, the growth of bandwidth, the need to increase productivity and cost-effectiveness, as well as the need for a more balanced lifestyle amongst employees.

    To continue reading a report about the present and future of telework in Hungary click here!

    Telework Enquiry Point

    For those with email and www access, the main ETO web site provides European and International information in English and some of this information will be available in local languages as the network of ETO site develops.

    Online Information for Hungary

    The Hungarian telework info portal is available in both Hungarian and English at: Other e.g. FAQs