Hungary’s new labor law sparks backlash

<p>By Mehmet Yilmaz</p> <p>BUDAPEST, Hungary (AA) – Thousands of Hungarians went to the streets on Saturday to protest against a controversial labor law, local media reported.</p> <p>The law on overtime, dubbed “slave law” increases the amount of overtime that employers can request from 250 to 400 hours.</p> <p>Young workers “don’t want to live in a country where people are at the mercy of their employer and where wages fail to provide a livelihood,” Nikoletta Kiss of the Young People for Democracy told a huge crowd gathered in front of the Varkert Bazaar in Budapest, the Daily News Hungary reported.</p> <p>Introduced by the ruling Fidesz party, the “slave law” came into force in Jan. 1.</p> <p>Prime Minister Viktor Orban and his ruling Fidesz party has had a two-thirds majority since 2010.</p> <p>