The situation
The December rota for stores in Poland and Austria
A Czech fashion retailer runs 40 stores in Poland and 12 in Austria, including one at a Vienna railway station. December is the busiest month. Store managers have drafted rotas with extra Sunday shifts and want to open on two public holidays. HR has a week to check the rotas before they go to staff.
The rules come from two places in each country: when a store may open at all, and what the law requires for employees who work on a Sunday or holiday. The station store may fall under an exception. The time goes on matching each draft shift to a rule and telling managers what to change.
What the research has to settle
The rules behind the answer
- Poland limits Sunday trading by statute
- Polish law bans trade, and employing staff in trade, on most Sundays and public holidays, with a short list of trading Sundays and exceptions for certain types of outlet. The list of trading Sundays is set by law and has changed, so the research confirms the current one.
- Polish staff keep Sundays off regularly
- Under the Polish Labour Code, an employee who works on a Sunday is entitled to another day off, and must have at least one Sunday off every four weeks. Work on a public holiday also earns a day off.
- Austria regulates opening and rest separately
- Austrian law sets shop opening hours, with Sundays and public holidays closed in principle and exceptions for certain stations and tourist areas. A separate law governs weekend and holiday rest for employees.
- Holiday work is paid on top
- In Austria, an employee who works on a public holiday keeps the holiday pay and is paid for the work as well. The retail collective agreement adds its own rules on surcharges.
How it runs in azta
From the question to the document
The question, as you would type it
Retailer with stores in Poland and Austria, one in a Vienna railway station. For December, which Sundays and public holidays may our stores open in each country, which staff may work, and what time off and pay must employees who work those days receive?
You start with
The December rota for stores in Poland and Austria
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Describe the stores and the rota
Give the store locations, the planned openings and the staff rostered. azta searches the Polish and Austrian trading and working-time legislation.
Cited research· Free - 02
Read the exceptions
Open the Polish exceptions and the Austrian rules for station shops in the reader, in the original language, with their in-force status.
Atlas statute reader - 03
Write the store-manager note
Ask for a note per country listing what may open, who may work and the time off and pay that follow. Edit it in Canvas.
Canvas · Ask azta· Pro - 04
Send it to the managers
Export the note to Word and send it with the corrected rotas.
Word export· Pro You send
A note for store managers on Sunday and holiday work, per country
What you get
A note for store managers on Sunday and holiday work, per country
Store-manager note · draft
December rota: Sunday and holiday work
Poland. Stores may open only on the trading Sundays listed in the annex. On other Sundays and on public holidays, staff may not be rostered for sales work. Anyone working a trading Sunday gets another day off, and every employee must have at least one Sunday off in every four weeks.
Austria, high-street stores. Stores stay closed on Sundays and public holidays. Remove the two holiday openings from the draft rotas.
Austria, station store. The station store may open under the exception for railway stations, within its conditions. Employees who work a public holiday receive their holiday pay plus pay for the hours worked, and the collective agreement surcharges apply on top.
Outcomes on your numbers
What azta is worth on this task
Pro pays for itself after
24 minutes a month
At €70 an hour, that is all the time Pro (€27 a month) has to take off your desk to cover its price.
Example figures. Replace them with your own.
- Hours back a year
- 22
- Capacity at your rate
- €1,512
- More rota checks a quarter
- 1.5
- Return on Pro
- 4.7×
- Research
- Drafting
- Your review
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Book a demoWhat stays with you
- The rotas and each employee’s hours.
- Checking the collective agreement and any works agreement.
- Payroll calculations.
Frequently asked questions
- Does azta hold collective agreements?
- It holds legislation and court decisions. Upload the collective agreement and azta reads it alongside the law.
- Does it calculate holiday pay?
- No. It sets out the rules and drafts the note. The calculation stays in your payroll system.
- Can store managers use the note directly?
- Yes. On Enterprise, a shared workspace keeps the HR note and the research together for everyone who needs them.
