In order to protect wage and employees the Hungarian Labour Code decrees the following:

154. § (1) Unless otherwise prescribed by legal regulation, all wages shall be established and paid in the official Hungarian currency.

(2) Payment of wages in kind may be established by provisions pertaining to labour relations in the form of commodities or services which contribute to satisfying the needs of employees and their families. Payment of wages in kind shall not exceed twenty per cent of the wage specified in money. Alcoholic beverages or other articles detrimental to health shall not be provided as payment in kind.

144. § (1) The personal basic wage or the performance wage shall be at least the mandatory lowest wage (minimum wage) in accordance with the conditions specified; no deviation from this provision shall be considered valid.

144/A. § The personal basic wage for an hour shall be calculated by dividing the monthly personal basic wage:
a) by 174 for employees working full time;
b) by the time proportionate part of 174 hours for employees working part time or in shortened full-time employment, and for employees providing on-call duty in excess of eight hours daily or forty hours weekly.