1. Agriculture, Food Industry and Tourism
Strengthening sectoral social dialogue in New Member States and Candidate Countries of the EU in EFFAT sectors
Hungary
Agriculture, Food Industry and Tourism

2. Sectoral social dialogue committees
Agriculture: one employee partner – one employer partner, there is collective agreement which is extended to only those firms who belongs to the above mentioned employers
Tourism: one employee partner – one employer partner, collective agreement is extended by the competent minister
Food industry: many participants in both side, collective agreement is extended by the competent minister

3. Hungarian Agricultural Social Dialogue Committee
We have meetings occassionaly, two or three times a year
Main tasks are:
Revise, renew collective agreement
Yearly we supervise the wages in the sector
These days unfortantely employers forces changes which are absolutely disadvantegous to the workers, mostly in working time theme
Organising study tours to abroad
Organising conferences about agriculture and employment
Making researches and studies

4. Hungarian Agricultural Social Dialogue Committee
no solutions in working together recently because the two partners are stressed due to the economic crisis which has very serious effect on Hungarian agriculture and we can’t manage it. … In the tourism sector:

5. Social Dialogue in Tourism – Hotel sector
Formal form – extended collective agreement
Employees’ side: VISZ - Trade Union of Hotel, Catering and Tourism
Employers’ side: VIMOSZ – Tourism and Hospitality Association of Employers
Common work
Problems from the economic crisis

6. National agenda in 2012 Committee meetings abroad and in Hungary
Continue the „Response to the crisis” program
Saving workplaces project with the government
Challenges at home
New Labour Code
New Civil Code
New tax laws

7. Thank you for your attention!