Il Ministro dell’Economia Lex Delles sta promuovendo un piano per liberalizzare le ore di lavoro nel settore della vendita al dettaglio, scatenando il dibattito pubblico. La nuova legge consente ai negozi in Lussemburgo di operare dalle 5 alle 22 nei giorni feriali e dalle 5:00 alle 19:00 nei fine settimana.
Nessuno è costretto a seguire questo programma esatto. I negozi saranno liberi di scegliere le loro ore di lavoro entro questo lasso di tempo approvato.
I sindacati non sono soddisfatti del nuovo disegno di legge, sostenendo che i lavoratori al dettaglio non dovrebbero lavorare nei fine settimana.
Cosa ne pensi? In molti paesi, i negozi operano 24 ore su 24, 7 giorni su 7 e tutti sembrano bene.
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Public Discussion: Should stores in Luxembourg have longer opening hours?
byu/Luxtoday-lu inLuxembourg
di Luxtoday-lu
13 commenti
No
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From a consumer point of view, yes I would like this, but workers should be compensated fairly for working on these days.
From a worker point of view, I would not want to do it, except if I need extra cash.
I support the idea.
It’s giving choices to business owners and it’s not mandatory to open longer hours. Owners will have to hire more to accommodate extended hours if they wish to do so. ATM, there are very little part time job opportunities for uni students, and those looking for extra cash, and extended operating hours will offer jobs, make living in Luxembourg more convenient, and increase domestic spendings.
I really don’t understand what the fuss is with the unions, it’s the choice of employees who will decide to work on the weekends or not, as long as two days of rest is guaranteed and maximum hours of labour is kept, what is all the fuss about? There are people who also prefer to rest during weekdays as there are more things to do.
I mean the extreme example of being open 24/7 is not unheard of, there are quite a few gas stations for example that have been operating like this for at least a decade and I have never heard complaints about them coming from unions. Also, governmental services like police/fire department/ ambulances operate the same way, so would a liberalisation up to 10 PM be such a huge deal, of course assuming the legal framework is being respected. So why not.
YES! It’s awfully boring to see the curbs being folded up after 18.00h in the entire country. Even Germany has a much more lively activity after work and on weekdays.
My strictly personal and self-centered opinion: I would love to be able to go on a shopping tour in the city on a Sunday, and I would spend money then and there. Even on a nice evening, drive to the city, go visit 4-5 nice shops, buy a useless but nice thing, and then have a nice dinner. Yep – nice! 🤗
Even though I am not concerned, families who are on a strict schedule (work, schools, creche, etc.) have a hard time going on a proper shopping tour as it stands.
I also understand the workers’ worries, and I am afraid there’s no clear and easy solution to the issue.
I also strongly believe that brick&mortar commerce absolutely NEEDS to become more flexible (and friendly, and cheap) to not be 100% made redundant by e-Commerce in the future.
The current situation makes that I probably spend 95% of my non-essential spending online, and I do so when (because) the classic shops are closed.
EDIT: I also believe that this commercial flexibility would breathe fresh life into many dead city centers. Look at Luxembourg city on a Sunday, it’s a zombie town.
No.
Bad for the workers and consumers. Longer opening hours means higher cost and those will be carried by the consumers.
Of course they should. Luxembourg has rules that were set when the country was much smaller and more rural and as the country grows it must adapt to an almost “a city that never sleeps” status.
>Trade unions are unhappy with the new bill, arguing that retail workers should not have to work on weekends.
Unions are actually reasonable on this topic. They don’t oppose, but would like this to be part of social dialogue and not imposed by employers on employees who have very legitimate family considerations
I’m not asking for 24/7 but if things were open until even 19:00 that would be nice and even once a month Sundays things were open (like the malls).
Edit: this is why I order from Amazon a lot, I don’t have the time during the week with work, creche, dinner & the one day on the weekend trying to get everything done is exhausting, but we do it.
YES, at least until 8/9pm during weekdays.
I support it 100%. The workers may be asked to work different hours, which isn’t great for them, but plenty of other workers work later hours and no one is asking to change that. For example, restaurant workers work until 22:00 or even later and while it obviously isn’t fun for them, why do they get to have fewer rights than shop workers? I think it makes the economy unnecessarily inflexible to have this restrictions. Workers can still be protected in the way of having stable working hours, so they can plan their lives accordingly.