Sunday trade ban bill could be amended if needed – Labor Minister

If there are any problems resulting from the act banning retail trade on Sundays, it will be amended, said the Minister of Family, Labor and Social Policy, Elżbieta Rafalska. “For now, we are working with the National Labor Inspectorate on common interpretations, regulations. It is a practice in Poland that the regulations which have not yet come into force, and everyone is already thinking about how to handle these regulations,” she explained. Starting from March 2018, shops will be closed on two Sundays per month, from 2019, the ban will extend to three Sundays per month while starting from 2020, shops will be allowed to operate only seven Sundays per year. The first Sunday with closed shops will be on March 11. The law will not cover gas stations, train and long-distance bus stations, airports, restaurants, bakeries and some other places of commerce, it will also not extend to online shopping. For breaking the ban stores can be fined up to PLN 100,000 with possible jail time for persistent violation of the new law.