The issue of the Sunday shopping ban will be put on the agenda of ministries in charge of the retail sector and employment policy, pro-government daily Magyar Idők reported on Tuesday. It is important to know, though, that it is still a single trade union that would not let go of the matter, giving publicity to its opinion practically every other month, while the cabinet does not plan any change to the relevant regulations.
Hungary’s Independent Trade Union of Retail Employees (KDFSZ) was invited for policy talks under the supervision of László Palkovics, Minister for Technology and Innovation, to discuss the reintroduction of the ban on Sunday trading.
The union sent a letter to PM Viktor Orbán in September, requesting the government to consider the re-implementation of the measure, even if only partially, following international examples.
The Ministry for Innovation and Technology and the Finance Ministry are both in charge of the matter.
Péter Cseresnyés, a parliamentary state secretary at the MIT, contacted the union in writing in early October, at the request of the chancellery.
László György, state secretary in charge of economic strategy and regulation at the MIT, and Sándor Bodó, state secretary in charge of employment policy and corporations at the Finance Ministry, were also involved in the consultation.
The first round of talks could take place in the following days.
We should note that this particular trade union is not a member of the dialogue committee of the sector.
The reinstatement of the Sunday shopping ban is raised practically every other month. Chances of that happening, however, are slim, as it is only the KDFSZ that has been pushing the issue relentlessly. The cabinet last said in September that there are no plans to implement the measure again.
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