On 15 October 2026, the Labour Affairs Section of the Hungarian Economic Association (HEA), in cooperation with the Subcommittee on Industrial Relations of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS) and the Forum for the Cooperation of Trade Unions (SZEF), organised a professional conference entitled “Public Sector Pay Systems” at the HEA Community Space. The conference focused on a study entitled Public Sector Pay Systems and Inequalities in the Public Sector, authored by Gábor Mélypataki, András Pinkasz and Norbert Liszkai and published by SZEF. The conference was opened by József Bagó, President of the HEA Labour Affairs Section, followed by a welcome address from Csaba Csóti, President of SZEF. The research findings were presented by Gábor Mélypataki, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Miskolc and Co-Chair of the HAS Subcommittee on Industrial Relations. Dávid Ludányi, Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Public Governance and International Studies of the Ludovika University of Public Service, participated as an invited discussant. The professional discussion was moderated by László Herczog, economist, former Minister of Social Affairs and Labour, researcher at Pénzügykutató Zrt. and member of the Executive Board of the HEA Labour Affairs Section.
The conference summary can be downloaded [here] (Hungarian, PDF).
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