To be clear: current regulations allow businesses to be conducted on seven Sundays a year, including the lead-up to Christmas and specific months – in 2024, which are June and August. Despite the current ban, many stores remain open to customers.
According to poznascihandlowe.pl data, 18 percent of Masovian ports were inspected last year, and trade was conducted in violation of regulations. Surprisingly, 89 percent of entrepreneurs were not looking for formal ways to do business legally on Sundays. The violations of the regulations did not concern large retail chains, but rather small stores.
“They have delegated business tasks and related responsibilities to their employees or persons working under civil law contracts, and have accepted the possible consequences of their decisions,” the local labor inspectorate in Warsaw informed.
Labor inspection officers often turn a blind eye to violations of regulations because entrepreneurs are not afraid of the risk of sanctionsIt is less than the potential profits. An important aspect is the fact that the average fine imposed was PLN 1,333 – much lower than the store’s average Sunday earnings. Therefore, opening a store on Sunday is more profitable for entrepreneurs.
Trading on Sunday. Are changes in regulations possible?
In stores where inspections have confirmed legal trade, Most often it has been declared that the owner alone runs the companyIn her name and at her own expense. Some also benefited from the assistance of family members who did not receive their wages.
Is it possible to restore trade on all Sundays of the year? There is no such certainty at the moment, and the topic is not widely discussed. Although KO announced to restore previous regulations within the first 100 days of government, no changes were introduced. There is also no agreement on this issue among the ruling coalition.
The third way suggests the possibility of trading two Sundays a month, while the left has not yet determined its position. In addition, the current president, Andrzej Duda, announced that he would not support lifting the ban in Sunday’s trading.
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