Clashes with police began when protesters arrived at the headquarters of state-run television station MTVA and tried to storm the building, CNN affiliate ATV Hungary reports.
Video and images show officers in riot gear firing tear gas into the crowd during the confrontation. Live-streamed video posted Monday by ATV Hungary showed reporters trapped in a crowd of protesters unable to move, as well as people crouched on the ground temporarily blinded by the tear gas.
The demonstrations began Wednesday, after Hungary's Parliament passed legislation pushed through by Prime Minister Viktor Orban's hardline Fidesz party.
Critics have dubbed it the "slave law." The government told CNN that the "voluntary changes to working hours" were "in the interest of the workers" and would allow people to work and earn more.
Hungarian law previously permitted businesses to demand up to 250 hours overtime annually.
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