Hungary govt official: Job protection at centre of V4 pandemic response

The coronavirus pandemic response measures implemented by the Visegrad Group (V4) countries are centred on preserving and creating jobs, an official of the innovation and technology ministry said after a meeting of V4 labour affairs officials in Budapest on Monday. Sandor Bodo, the state secretary for employment policy, told a press conference that jobholders with lower degrees and young workers were the ones hit hardest by the economic effects of the pandemic in all four Visegrad countries. The four officials adopted a statement declaring the V4's commitment to helping disadvantaged workers in the labour market and to the protection of their national values, Bodo said.