Hungary adopts Act CXVI of 2018, raising overtime banks in the so-called slave law
On 12 December 2018 the National Assembly adopted Act CXVI of 2018 amending the Labour Code, raising the overtime bank to 400 hours and stretching settlement to three years. It is not the 2023 teachers' status law, not a later strike ban taken alone, and not a personality. In the causal graph this event strengthens Illiberal state capture in Hungary, a driver that weakens Access to justice index — a worsening welfare path.
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On 12 December 2018 the National Assembly adopted Act CXVI of 2018 amending the Labour Code, raising the overtime bank to 400 hours and stretching settlement to three years. Street protests followed. This Fact is that dated labour statute. It is not the 2023 teachers' status law, not a later strike ban taken alone, and not a personality. Official text sits in the National Legal Database; Reuters' contemporaneous protest file is the independent record.
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What changed
Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.
- FactHungary adopts Act CXVI of 2018, raising overtime banks in the so-called slave law
- strengthensDriverIlliberal state capture in Hungary
- weakensIndicators (6)Access to justice index
impact weight 0.35 · Effect from 12 December 2018 · verified
A two-thirds overtime lock against organised labour is the workplace sequel later seen in the teachers' status statute.
Weakens · Relationship strength 0.16 (weight 0.35 × strength 0.45)
Observed
0.62 score from 0 to 1 · 0.25 below the normal line (2024)
Worse than normal125 readings, 1900–2024: rose from 0.37 score from 0 to 1 to 0.62 score from 0 to 1.
Above normal = better
Weakens · Relationship strength 0.16 (weight 0.35 × strength 0.45)
Observed
0.62 score from 0 to 1 · 0.23 below the normal line (2024)
Worse than normal125 readings, 1900–2024: rose from 0.35 score from 0 to 1 to 0.62 score from 0 to 1.
Above normal = better
Weakens · Relationship strength 0.16 (weight 0.35 × strength 0.45)
Observed
0.53 score from 0 to 1 · 0.34 below the normal line (2024)
Worse than normal125 readings, 1900–2024: rose from 0.17 score from 0 to 1 to 0.53 score from 0 to 1.
Above normal = better
All indicators on this path (6)
Weakens · Relationship strength 0.16 (weight 0.35 × strength 0.45)
Observed
0.57 index score (0-1) · 0.23 below the normal line (2024)
Worse than normal125 readings, 1900–2024: rose from 0.5 index score (0-1) to 0.57 index score (0-1).
Above normal = better
Weakens · Relationship strength 0.16 (weight 0.35 × strength 0.45)
Observed
0.55 index score (0-1) · 0.26 below the normal line (2024)
Worse than normalAbove normal = better
Weakens · Relationship strength 0.1 (weight 0.35 × strength 0.3)
Observed
42.5 index score (0-100) · 7.53 below the normal line (2025)
Worse than normalAbove normal = better
Causal path
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- FactHungary adopts Act CXVI of 2018, raising overtime banks in the so-called slave law
- strengthensDriverIlliberal state capture in Hungary
- weakensIndicatorAccess to justice index
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Factrail. (2026). Hungary adopts Act CXVI of 2018, raising overtime banks in the so-called slave law. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/hu-overtime-act-2018
https://factrail.ai/facts/hu-overtime-act-2018
Accessed 16 October 2026.
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