UGP invites mayors and chiefs to declare events or fair days as the Feast of the Assumption

Association The voice of the entrepreneur is against the ban on working on Sundays, public holidays and holidays and invites everyone mayors and chiefs to enable work for all entrepreneurs who they want to work on sundays, holidays and  holidays and to declare it as the feast of the Assumption manifestations or fair days in their cities and municipalities so that entrepreneurs from the trade sector  could work.

Further to the provisions of the Law on Amendments to the Law on Trade, which entered into force on July 1, 2023, which prohibit work on Sundays and holidays and which limit the working hours of shops, with the possibility of using 16 working Sundays per year, which cannot be used on holidays, we had the opportunity to see on the Day of Homeland Thanksgiving on August 5 that such a law is nebulous and harms the business of a large number of entrepreneurs in the trade sector, the Voice of Entrepreneurs points out.

Many cities on our coast, for example City of Hvar or the Municipality of Podgora which are brought The decision declaring August 5 and 15, 2023, for the purpose of promotional and touristic activities fair days in their territory and thus enabled occasional sales at kiosks, stands and similar facilities as an integral part of fair events, and enabled at least part of the entrepreneurs to work that can start from 9:00 a.m. and end by 24:00 p.m.

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"This law mostly affects small craftsmen and entrepreneurs for whom every day of work is important, especially during the season. UGP is against any work ban, and we believe that it should be a matter of choice. We are glad that some cities and municipalities have recognized and listened to their fellow citizens who want to work and made it possible for them with the Decisions on Fair Days, we hope that others will follow their example.", said Branka Prišlić, the general secretary of the UGP.

The Association Voice of Entrepreneurs organized and gathered its members whose business was affected by the amendments to the Trade Act and submitted to the Constitutional Court Proposal for the assessment of the compatibility of the Act with the Constitution in relation to the legal provisions of the amendments to the Trade Act concerning the ban on working on Sundays and holidays, as well as the determination of the maximum number of working hours of individual shops.

"While waiting for the evaluation of the constitutionality of the Law on Trade,  we appeal to cities and municipalities to allow entrepreneurs to earn their salaries and operate without restrictions," conclude from the UGP.

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