Act Prohibiting Retail Work On Sundays

As you have probably heard in the news, the new Act CII of 2014 on the prohibition of work on Sundays in the retail sector entered into force on March 15, 2015. It is less known that Act I of 2012 on the Labor Code has been amended in line with the above-mentioned Act which entered into force on April 1, 2015. In this legal alert we would like to inform our clients of the changes introduced by the new regulation and the rules regarding work on Sundays.

Act CII of 2014 on the prohibition of retail work on Sundays entered into force on March 15, 2015. The scope of this Act covers retail activities (not including service-providing activities related to the spending of free time and commercial activity) regardless of whether it is pursued permanently or occasionally at a permanent or a periodically changing location.