ZAGREB, April 29 (Hina) - The Croatian Association of Trade Unions (HUS) supports a public initiative to ban work on Sundays. The HUS forwarded its draft amendments to the Law on Trade to several MPs last month, the union's
representatives said at a news conference Tuesday.
ZAGREB, April 29 (Hina) - The Croatian Association of Trade Unions
(HUS) supports a public initiative to ban work on Sundays. The HUS
forwarded its draft amendments to the Law on Trade to several MPs
last month, the union's representatives said at a news conference
Tuesday. #L#
The HUS believes that the work of stores in Croatia has turned into
anarchy because some stores are open around the clock, on
Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, and instead of earning higher
wages and getting days off as prescribed by law, employees work
overtime for which they are not paid.
Around 46,000 stores and crafts are registered in Croatia,
employing some 270,000 workers, of whom 75 percent are women.
According to union data, work on Sundays is forbidden in ten
countries of the European Union, including Germany, France,
Austria and Italy. It is allowed in four -- Ireland, Great Britain,
Finland and Portugal. In Spain, work on Sundays is allowed only
during the tourist season, while in Greece not even then.
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