For more than two months, Sundays in our country have been officially closed. No business has been opened and limited movement. Such a measure was taken to prevent the spread of Covid-19, but now, there are those who are asking the Prime Minister to make a mandatory holiday on Sunday. Among the hundreds of comments in Rama's announcement this weekend, there were citizens demanding that "Sunday be a holiday by law." Some even used the phrase "make Sunday a holiday like all of Europe."
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In fact, many countries in Europe and around the world do not have an official holiday on Sunday. As a start, we explain the origin of Sunday break. Sunday holiday culture comes from religion.
Heavy St. For Christians, the seventh day of the week (Sabbath - the day when people do not work) is sacred. Based on the history of the Christian religion, God created the Earth, paradise, seas and everything else during the 6 days of the week, while on the seventh day He stopped working to rest. That is why it is often said that Sunday is "God's Day."
While in Jewish culture the holiday started on Friday afternoon until Saturday afternoon. Not working on Sundays is very challenging, especially for entrepreneurs, for the economy, but also for the consumer.
For example, in 2016, in response to consumer resistance , Hungary was forced to repeal a labor ban on Sundays. Finland also noticed that many Finnish citizens turned into potential buyers in neighboring Sweden, as there were no such restrictions for Sunday. Such a phenomenon reduced the income that came from sales in the Finnish economy.
Sweden and Malta have also stopped working on Sunday, not in vain. Despite the rights of citizens for days off, closing any activity on Sunday by law brings more disadvantages than benefits. Countries such as Italy, Britain, Lithuania, Slovenia, Bulgaria, and many other countries have opened most of the businesses in the country. Unlike these, countries like France, Greece or Germany close most shops or malls on Sunday, but they are not an example that our country has the opportunity to follow. Although in Albanian culture Sunday is always considered a day of rest, it is not at all profitable a law that prohibits work on Sunday, as required by the citizens above. This is for a number of reasons, but among the most important we list:
- Albania does not have the economic empowerment of Germany, Austria, Vienna or many other countries to allow the luxury of Sunday total rest.
- Businesses, such as. shopping malls have the best days on the weekend as all activities are concentrated there; cinemas, toys, fast food, shops and Sunday break translates into huge losses for them and consequently for employees and the economy.
-Open Sunday gives people more opportunities to go out, have fun and spend quality time. On the other hand, rotating vacations are the golden mean for both entrepreneurs and employees.
