What the law says in Hungary about rest, hours, breaks, night work and workers under 18, with the provision behind each figure, and what helloswap checks when a shift is planned, swapped or taken.
Each figure is the law's, with the number of its source. The last column says what helloswap does with a shift that breaks it.
| Rule | What the law says | In helloswap |
|---|---|---|
| Rest between two shifts | At least 11 hours in a row1 | Blocks the shift |
| Longest working day | At most 12 hours of work2 | Blocks the shift |
| Average working week | At most 48 hours a week on average over 4 months34 | Blocks the shift |
| Break | At least 20 minutes when the working day is longer than 6 hours5 | Warning |
| Longer break | 45 minutes in all when the working day is longer than 9 hours6 | Warning |
| Night period | 22:00 to 06:007 | Definition |
Someone who is under 18 on the day of the shift gets these figures. helloswap goes by the date of birth on the person's profile. An empty cell means the law has no figure there that this page can state.
| Rule | Ages 15–17 | In helloswap |
|---|---|---|
| Rest between two shifts | 12 hours8 | Blocks the shift |
| Longest working day | 8 hours9 | Blocks the shift |
| No work between | 22:00 and 06:00710 | Blocks the shift |
| Weekly rest | 2 days off a week11 | Blocks the shift |
| Break | 30 minutes when the day is longer than 4.5 hours12 | Warning |
| Longer break | 45 minutes when the day is longer than 6 hours12 | Warning |
The law's figure is one thing, the check another. Where the two differ, it says so here.
The split is the product's own and the same for every company.
Nobody can override these, whether a manager plans the shift, someone takes it from the swap board or it is part of a swap.
The shift can still be saved. The warning names the rule and says why.
These are the figures a company in Hungary starts with, on every plan. On the Enterprise plan a company admin can change each of them in Settings, on the Compliance rules tab, to follow a collective agreement or a sector exception.
Every figure on this page carries the number of the provision it was read in. The links go to the official text.
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