Senate for a free Christmas Eve. Will the introduced amendment convince the president?

A week ago, the Sejm passed an amendment to the act on public holidays. It assumes that from next year, Christmas Eve will be a day off from work. Today, the bill was supported by the Senate. The overwhelming majority was “for” it, as many as 86 out of 88 senators taking part in the vote.

Senate for a free Christmas Eve. Important correction

The amendment includes a provision regarding the introduction of an additional shopping Sunday in December. This issue aroused considerable controversy, also within the coalition itself. Finally, an agreement was reached on the amendment proposed by Left senators, which assumes that a trade employee will not be able to work more than two Sundays in December.

Now the draft amendment to the Act together with the proposed amendments will return to the Sejm.

The president will decide the fate of the act. The decision of the head of state in this matter is not obvious. While Andrzej Duda has no doubts about the issue of a free Christmas Eve itself, his objection is to the introduction of a third shopping Sunday in December. For now, it is not known whether the mentioned amendment will convince the president.

Poles about an additional shopping Sunday

However, we know how Poles approach the additional shopping Sunday. The latest SW Research survey for “Wprost” shows that more than half of respondents want it. To the question: “Do you support the idea of ​​introducing an additional shopping Sunday in December?”, 53.4 percent of respondents answered affirmatively. One third of respondents are against (32.3 percent), and 14.2 percent have no opinion on the matter . Supporters of the third shopping Sunday in the last month of the year include people with primary/lower secondary education (75%), people aged 25-34 (64.3%), and people earning PLN 5,000 to PLN 7,000 net (62.9%).