Reforms of human resources management of the civil service

A thorough investigation of the human resources management reforms between 2010-2013 as well as the planned reforms are provided in this chapter which evaluates whether the requirements for a merit based, neutral, professional government workforce are established in Hungary. This entails a description and enumeration of the public sector workforce, as well as the practices and reforms plans related to recruitment and selection, job evaluation, performance evaluation, remuneration, promotion and dismissal. The special human resources management practices for the senior civil service are investigated, as well as the dissatisfaction of public servants with pay and benefits.