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July 2018 is unique – up to three Sundays a month, you will not be able to shop in most stores. July 8 is a non-commercial Sunday. Large Sunday shopping in a hypermarket or a discount store should be postponed until July 29th.
The commercial Sunday ban has been in effect since March 2018. The new rules are theoretically quite simple – this year, trading day is the first and last month of each month. In practice, however, many people wonder "today is a Sunday of shopping each week?"
On July 8, the stores will be closed, at least the majority of them. In addition, the following Sundays, which will take place on July 15 and 22, will not be commercial. This is a quite exceptional situation, usually every two Sundays are commercial, and the other two – forbidden.
The first commercial Sunday of July 2018 fell on July 1st. Because, as a result, the weekend fell in late June and July, many people were not sure when the commercial ban would actually apply. However, on the first day of the month, the stores were open, and on July 8, the ban was already in effect.
In 2019, the rules will change even more – with the commercial rule every last Sunday every month. And in 2020, you can shop just seven Sundays throughout the year.
It should be remembered that there are some exceptions to the ban on trade. Do not worry, you can shop at gas-free stations, although prices are generally higher than at local stores, discount stores and supermarkets, not to mention that. There may be open pharmacies, bakeries and even florists. Traders who want to sell in their own stores have also been excluded from the ban. Of course, you can also shop online.
It turns out that there are some exceptions to Sunday's ban. Such a situation does not really appeal to trade unionists who were big advocates of the ban. NSZZ Solidarność, for example, wants to clarify the rules. It requires stores to be closed from 22:00 on Saturdays until 5:00 on Mondays. In addition, the union wants to prevent the owner's family members from working in the store. – Who is a family member? Is it my mother-in-law or my cousin? This is not defined. There are such cases today that you have three stores open on Sundays and the employees claim to be a family. This should be clarified – says Alfred Bujara from Solidarność.
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