Abstract
<p><em>A previous system of community service in the public interest was replaced in 2011 in Hungary with a “public employment” system, in which the government temporarily employs disadvantaged, unemployed people who are healthy and able to work and who are within the age limits for working, but who, for whatever reason, have not had a stable workplace and have therefore relied on government subsidies, such as welfare without employment. Under the new program, these citizens have been gainfully employed by the government for a set period of time. The goal of public employment is to give a path for those workers who have been unemployed for a long time, and are disadvantaged in some way, to re-enter (or enter) the private job market. Workers are employed under favorable, </em><em>“</em><em>sheltered” conditions, however ones that begin to approach the conditions they can expect in the private market. All this helps the employed workers to improve their employability, as well as to maintain and improve their work skills. Today, the public employment system is not targeted primarily at those with severe disabilities. However, the regulations which establish this program do name members of this group as a target for the program, if they are currently undergoing rehabilitation.</em></p>
Highlights
Starting in January 2011, previous systems of employment by the government in the public interest were replaced by a unified public employment system
The Hungarian system of public employment provides more than a hundred thousand citizens and their families with the means to survive, and at once helps the development and maintenance of various settlements, as well as keeping residential areas and the environment clean and beautiful
Many parts of the country have surpassed the level in more developed countries of Western Europe, thanks in large part to the effects of public employment
Summary
Péter Novoszáth1* 1 Research Institute of Public Finance, National University of Public Service, Budapest, Hungary * Péter Novoszáth, Research Institute of Public Finance, National University of Public Service, Budapest, Hungary Accepted: October 26, 2018 Online Published: October 30, 2018 URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.22158/uspa.v1n2p328
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