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Sunday work & Co. Commerce sector in Europe

Sunday work & Co. Commerce sector in Europe. Fabrice Warneck UNI Europa commerce. Commerce in Europe. 33 million workers in E.U. Retail and wholesale Very high competition (SMEs) but low competion rules

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Sunday work & Co. Commerce sector in Europe

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  1. Sunday work & Co. Commerce sector in Europe Fabrice Warneck UNI Europa commerce

  2. Commerce in Europe • 33 million workers in E.U. • Retail and wholesale • Very high competition (SMEs) but low competion rules • Multinational companies: Carrefour (500.000), Tesco (500.000), Metro (Makro, Mediamarkt 300 000), IKEA (130.000), H&M (100.000), …

  3. Involuntary part-timeShare of involuntary part-time employees in retail, % of total part-time employees (2007)Source: Eurostat/ LFSNote: Exception to reference year: LU and SK (2006)

  4. Eurofound preliminary findings (1) companies with + 10 workers

  5. All sectors Year 2007/(Eurofound « working time in the E.U. and other global economies ») • up to 50% of employees work at least one Saturday a month • some 25% work at least one Sunday a month • about 25% of employees work on Saturdays but never on Sundays, • 23% work at least one Saturday and one Sunday a month. • four times a month : 15% of workers are usually at the workplace on Saturdays, some 5% report working regularly on Sundays, and 4% usually work on both Saturdays and Sundays.

  6. Year 2007/ (Eurofound « working time in the E.U. and other global economies ») • In the US, the share of employees who do not work on weekends is higher than in the EU: almosttwo-thirds of all wage and salary workers only usually work on weekdays. • In the EU, in hotels and restaurants, where employees who work on Saturdays represent 80% of the totalworkforce (65% on Sundays), wholesale and retail trade60% Saturdays (20 % on Sundays), as well as transport and communication,Saturdays is 60% (35% on Sundaysrespectively).

  7. Why opening longer hours ? • Late evening opening and Sunday opening of shops = good for consumers ? For the economy ? • Who takes care of children ? Impact on family life. • What impact on health ? Stress, overload. • What compensation ? Rest, money, none. • What impact on environment ? (air conditioning, light, refrigiration). • What kind of society do we want ? Leisure or consumerism ? • What impact on other sectors (childcare, public transport, cleaning, security, logistics)

  8. Sunday Shop opening in E.U. • heterogeneous Situations Open Sunday without restrictions: Czeck Rep., Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden Weak restrictions: Hongrie, Icelande, Irelande, Luxembourg, Portugal, U.K. (6 hours) Strong restrictions: small businesses, tourist areas, food shops only, number of days restricted Open from Monday to Friday 24H / 24 H : Czeck Rep., Estonia, France, Iceland, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norvay, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, U.K.

  9. European campaign • Building a European Alliance for work free Sundays • Trade union movement, churches, SMEs, politicians, … • Conference 24th March: 400 people at E.P. • Influencing the working time directive ? • Sector (de) regulation ?

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