The center-right party, Poland 2050, has submitted a bill to parliament proposing that shops should be permitted to open on two Sundays each month.
Under the current law, almost all Sunday trading is prohibited.
MPs from Poland 2050, which is led by Szymon Hołownia, the speaker of Sejm, the lower house of parliament, presented the draft to the house on Thursday and announced they would be attempting to convince the other parties in the ruling coalition to vote in favor of the change.
One of them, Ryszard Petru argued during a press conference that convincing Donald Tusk's Civic Platform would not be an issue and that there was a chance at coming to an agreement with The New Left as well.
MPs from Poland 2050, which is led by Szymon Hołownia, the speaker of Sejm, the lower house of parliament, presented the draft to the house on Thursday and announced they would be attempting to convince the other parties in the ruling coalition to vote in favor of the change.
One of them, Ryszard Petru argued during a press conference that convincing Donald Tusk's Civic Platform would not be an issue and that there was a chance at coming to an agreement with The New Left as well.
In his view, two Sundays every month would be a “compromise between full liberalization and the current ban.”
“I would like to bring attention to the fact that we take care of the people working in [retail] trade,” he went on to say. “In this amendment, we propose being paid 'double time' for a day's work on a Sunday.”
Additionally, the proposed change assumes that the employer would be required to compensate their employee by granting a different day off to anyone who works on a Sunday.
Petru stressed that, according to his estimates, bringing back trade on two Sundays a month would lead to a 4% increase in the shops' profit and a rise in overall employment by 40,000 people.
“I would like to bring attention to the fact that we take care of the people working in [retail] trade,” he went on to say. “In this amendment, we propose being paid 'double time' for a day's work on a Sunday.”
Additionally, the proposed change assumes that the employer would be required to compensate their employee by granting a different day off to anyone who works on a Sunday.
Petru stressed that, according to his estimates, bringing back trade on two Sundays a month would lead to a 4% increase in the shops' profit and a rise in overall employment by 40,000 people.
