Background information

Czech Confederation of Trade and Tourism (Svaz průmyslu a obchodu České republiky, SOČR ) in cooperation with the Czech Association of Hotels and Restaurants (Asociace hotelů a restaurací České republiky, AHR ČR ) and the Association of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and Tradesmen (Asociace malých a středních podniků a živnostníků, AMSP ČR ) declared the day 7 October 2020 as a "Window Day".

This one-day campaign should highlight the fact that many businesses in HORECA sector are badly hit by the anti-COVID-19 measures and ask people to support their favourite businesses by ordering menu and picking it up directly at the dispensing window without using of delivery services. Restaurants have been closed since 14 October 2020 and the only possibility to run the business is the dispensing window.

Content of measure

Restaurants, bars and clubs have been closed since 14 October 2020 (during the first wave, restaurants, bars and clubs were closed from 14 March and fully opened 25 May 2020) and the only possibility to run their business is dispensing window where they can sell the food on a takeaway basis or deliver it to homes. The dispensing window can be opened daily from 6am till 8pm.

Many restaurants are using these dispensing windows in order to avoid going bankrupt. However, their sales are at the minimum of standard level. The campaign invites people to buy food at dispensing windows and help businesses to survive. It also stressed out that people should pick up the meal directly without using delivery services, which saves restaurants at least of 30% of the profit from sales.

SOCR, AHR CR and AMSP CR also stress out that there has been no specific government support for this kind of businesses, although all of them are badly hit by the anti-COVID-19 measures.

Use of measure

Although there are no detail statistics on the campaign, according to social partners organising the campaign, there are thousands restaurants which joined the ‘window day’. Responses are positive and social partners plan to organise similar campaign in the near future.

Target groups

Workers	Businesses	Citizens
Does not apply to workers	Sector specific set of companies	Does not apply to citizens

Actors and funding

Actors	Funding
Employers' organisations	No special funding required

Social partners

Social partners' role in designing the measure and form of involvement:

	Trade unions	Employers' organisations
Role	Informed	Agreed (outcome) incl. social partner initiative
Form	Not applicable	Any other form of consultation, institutionalised (as stable working groups or committees) or informal

Social partners' role in the implementation, monitoring and assessment phase:

• Only employers' organisations
• Main level of involvement: Sectoral or branch level

Involvement

The campaign is organised by employers organisations in HORECA sector.

Views and reactions

Supportive.

Sectors and occupations

This case is not occupation-specific.

Sources

• 05 November 2020: SOCR press release: Window day/Tisková zpráva SOCR: Den okének (www.socr.cz)
• 10 November 2020: SOCR press release: Window day helped/SOCR tisková zpráva: Den okének pomohl (www.socr.cz)