World of Work Division: Answers to All Your Employment Questions

– 30.03.2026

In recent years, the world of work has undergone a fundamental transformation. Today, company leadership must take into account factors that did not even arise a few years ago. Employer operations now affect numerous closely interconnected areas, and individual fields of expertise on their own can no longer – or not with sufficient efficiency – provide answers to the questions that arise.

A comprehensive approach to employment: we offer integrated solutions for organizational, legal, compensation, and tax matters

In response to these changes, we have launched our new business unit with a holistic and integrated approach, enabling you to obtain solutions to any employment-related challenge from a single source.

What does the World of Work Business Unit at LeitnerLaw and LeitnerLeitner offer you?

Integrated services for complex employment matters

We take a holistic approach to employment-related issues. This clarifies interconnections, accelerates decision-making, and helps avoid unnecessary costs caused by the parallel involvement of multiple advisors.

Comprehensive HR Expertise

Alongside the classic trio—law, tax, and payroll—we complement our expertise with adjacent fields such as organisational development, process management, technology support, and leadership training. For areas we are not yet able to cover in-house, we complete our service offering through trusted partner firms. This ensures that our clients always receive comprehensive employment expertise through a single point of contact.

A strong international focus in the world of work

We place particular emphasis on international employment matters. The international experience of LeitnerLaw and LeitnerLeitner, together with their global network, ensures that we have a clear understanding of cross-border employment situations and can manage them securely.

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Who is the “World of Work” division primarily for?

subsidiaries of multinational corporations
Hungarian companies expanding into international markets
domestic companies employing foreign nationals
domestic companies undergoing change or organisational restructuring
companies with a significant workforce

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Services of the World of Work Business Unit

design of employment structures and HR frameworks
implementation of non-traditional forms of employment
design of compensation and incentive systems
full planning and support for the introduction of pay transparency
development of employee share ownership programs (ESOPs)
labor law, HR, and payroll due diligence
optimisation of job architecture and operating models
development of working time and shift scheduling models
execution of restructuring projects
management of crisis situations
preliminary design of international expansion and cross-border employment models
alignment of group-wide practices with local employment environments
design of employment models for regional and global positions
support for the integration of expatriates
cross-border assignments coordination
full-service payroll processing

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What questions can you turn to the World of Work Business Unit with?

you have legal, administrative, tax, payroll, organizational, or integration-related questions concerning international mobility, in particular if you:
- employ foreign workers,
- send employees on international assignments,
- employ cross-border workers (who work in a Member State other than the one in which they reside and cross the border at least once a week)
wish to align your parent company’s practices with the Hungarian legal system and harmonize employee culture with international requirements,
intend to introduce atypical forms of employment (e.g. cross-border home office, hybrid working) and ensure their legally compliant implementation within your company,
would like to be certain that
- the employment model you apply does not entail any tax risk,
- which country’s labour law applies,
- and where taxes are to be paid,
wish to design an attractive, motivating and sustainable benefits system,
aim to develop a compensation system that is gender-neutral and legally robust, also supported by organisational development, digitalization, and automation tools.