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The European Sunday Alliance invites you to a conference on Work-Life-Balance 4.0: Challenges in a Time of Digitalisation. The conference will take place on Tuesday, 15 November from 9:00 to 16:00 at the European Economic and Social Committee. Registration is required.Please click here to register for this event.

Throughout the summer of 2016, French trade union for the commerce sector (Fédération des Employés et Cadres Force Ouvrière - Section Commerce) advocated for two consecutive work-free days, including Sunday as a day of rest. You may read the following press releases for more information.

Deux jours de repos consécutifs

Massacre dans le commerce ils vont tuer l'emploi

FO Commerce s'oppose au travail du dimanche à la FNAC

Repos dominical notre conquête sociale aurait pu avoir 110 ans

More than a half million signatures have been collected in Poland supporting draft legislation on limiting trade on Sundays. The signatures have been submitted to the speaker of the Polish Parliament, where the first reading of the draft will take place in October. Supporters say this widespread support of the legislation shows that the Polish people want to protect Sunday as a day for rest and spending time with family.

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Tuesday 15 November 2016, 09h00 – 16h00

European Parliament, Brussels

The European Sunday Alliance (ESA) is organising a conference on “Work-Life-Balance 4.0 – Challenges in time of digitalisation”, which will take place on 15 November 2016 in the European Parliament in Brussels. The conference will be hosted by MEP Evelyn Regner (S&D) and MEP Thomas Mann (EPP).

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