Sunday shopping to create 300,000 new jobs
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The Civic Coalition, even before the elections, promised to abolish Sunday trading bans. However, they want to ensure that each employee has two free weekends per month and double pay for working on Sundays. The Third Way, on the other hand, has included two trading Sundays per month in its program. The Left, on the other hand, proposes twice as high pay for working on Sunday, as well as two free Sundays per month, like the Civic Coalition. Employees would receive higher wages. Employers and trade unions want to consult the regulations abolishing Sunday trading bans.
The law introducing a ban on Sunday trading came into force on March 1, 2018. 2 million people in Poland work in trade, and trade turnover generates around 15 percent of GDP.
"As many as 300,000 new jobs could be created if the new government restores Sunday trading," Grzegorz Mroczek, vice president of the Cream Property Advisors consulting agency, said.
