W sprawie zakazu handlu w niedzielę rząd powinien:
What comes next for the Sunday trading ban? A discussion is underway about the effects and possible changes to the law. Three views/proposals are currently clashing:
1. Complete abolition of the ban and changes to the Labor Code
This option is advocated by the Union of Entrepreneurs and Employers. On March 12, the owners of more than 500 small businesses submitted a petition to the Chancellery of the Prime Minister calling for the abolition of the law restricting trading on Sundays and certain holidays, as well as changes to the Labor Code guaranteeing every employee two Sundays off per month, reports money.pl
2. Two Sundays with trading per month
An analysis obtained by Business Insider Polska indicates that experts from the Ministry of Entrepreneurship believe it is justified to retain the model in force in 2018, namely two Sundays with trading per month. The government is still analyzing the effects of introducing the ban and does not rule out implementing this compromise solution.
3. A trading ban every Sunday
The “Solidarity” trade union, meanwhile, is calling for the ban on trading to remain in force every Sunday. Alfred Bujara, chairman of the National Secretariat for Banking, Trade and Insurance of the Independent Self-Governing Trade Union “Solidarity,” has no doubts about this and states: “There is no question of withdrawing the restrictions on Sunday trading. This is one of the most important reforms for people and workers that Poland has successfully implemented in many years,” we read on polskatimes.pl.
Different assessments of the regulation’s effects
Opponents of the ban believe that the law has produced effects opposite to those intended. According to its opponents, 16,000 small shops went bankrupt because of the ban, while grocery supermarkets, due to people stocking up on Fridays and Saturdays, and shops at gas stations benefited the most from it. Supporters of the ban, on the other hand, claim that the regulation has fulfilled its purpose. In their view, small shops have “come back to life,” and on Sundays off, shop employees can finally spend time with their families.
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