Government closes Sunday shop hours loopholes
Budapest, February 19 (MTI) – Hungary’s government has decided it will not add any more exceptions to restrictions on Sunday business hours at retailers, the government spokesman said after a cabinet meeting late on Wednesday.
The government does not see any reason at present to expand the exceptions already contained in the law by decree, said Zoltan Kovacs. For this reason, the government is drafting a decree that will prohibit exceptions to the law based on tourist demand, shopping habits, employee numbers and the peculiarities of some residential areas, he added.
Under legislation approved late last year, most big retailers will be required to close on Sundays from the middle of March. Shops that are under 200 square metres and are family-run are exempted from the rule.
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Source: http://mtva.hu/hu/hungary-matters
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As someone who has traveled all over the world and never come across a country that shuts its shops on a Sunday I dont understand the thinking behind this or how the country benefits from such a law. Many households rely of wages from a weekend job in the UK and im sure its the same here in Hungary but with this restriction surely lots of part time jobs have been lost and much needed income for the worker and the government. Hungary is a fantastic country with so many things to see and do but they dont sell themselves which leads to loosing a big part of the tourism industry and the wealth it can bring a country.