ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on policies of the social partners and of government with regard to outward labour mobility from Hungary to other European Union (EU) member states, with an emphasis on the post-2004 period. One of the more indirect ways in which governments seek to limit outward migration is to narrow the gap in terms of pay and employment opportunities between the domestic economy and potential receiving countries. One useful instrument for this purpose is minimum wages. Cross-border labour migration is not a particularly pressing issue for the Hungarian trade unions since neither inward nor outward labour migration is substantial. The Confederation of Hungarian Employers and Industrialists (MGYOSZ) emphasizes that business and employers' associations are prepared to play a more active role in migration and integration policy concerning foreign workers. The position of MGYOSZ appears to be representative of employers' organizations in the new member states, as reflected in a common document of Central and Eastern European employers' federations.
