On 22 January, following thirteen months of negotiations, management at Esselunga (22,500 employees and 155 stores) concluded an agreement that intends to trial working on Sundays. The experimental working organization is based on quarterly programs for each store whilst the sector’s national collective convention allows stores to unilaterally open 24/25 Sundays per year.
With 139 out of 155 already open for business on Sundays, the Esselunga retail group is looking to extend its 09.00- 20.00 Sunday opening hours across all its stores. Sunday is seen as the second most profitable day of the week. The agreement signed with Fisascat-Cisl, Filcams-CGIL and Uiltucs-Uil unions on 22 January 2016 sets out the principles and rules for the new working organization trial that is set to start on 02 May 2016 and last until 30 April 2017. The agreement also sets out the arr
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