The trade ban in Poland was introduced in March this year. His presence disturbed many owners of small and larger enterprises. Workers also suffer.
Trade ban - Solidarity wants change!
The introduction of the Sunday trading ban, which is currently in force on the first and last Sunday of the month, has led to many negative and uncomfortable situations. In order to maintain their profit level, entrepreneurs introduced extended working hours on the eve of non-trading Sunday until 24:00 and work from midnight on Monday. However, NSZZ "Solidarność" wants to extend the trade ban from the current 24 hours to 31. What would this achieve? Then the trading ban would last from 22 p.m. on Saturday to 00 a.m. on Monday.
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Employee problems
The main reason why Solidarity is demanding changes is the fact that many employees are overtired, the journey from work to home at night can be problematic because many employees work in small towns. It's the same with getting there employee to work In monday morning.
No communication
You can read about the whole case at Next.gazeta.pl. Mr. Alfred Bujara, who is the chairman of the national secretariat of banks, trade and social insurance of NSZZ "Solidarność", claims that in the current situation, no one thinks about the employee. Unfortunately, Mrs. Renata Juszkiewicz, president of the Polish Trade and Distribution Organization, believes that Mr. Alfred's opinion offends employees of other trade departments. Additionally, he believes that extending the number of hours without trading to 31 hours "would hit the consumer."
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Appeal for a meeting
“Solidarity” stands very firmly in its assumptions and wants a meeting of the Ministry of Family, Labor and Politics to be convened at which this topic will be discussed in detail.
2019 trade ban - stricter rules
We currently have two Sundays a month in which we can make purchases. Next year is to bring us further changes, because only one Sunday a month is to be trading. Of course, there are some pre-holiday exceptions.
