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Sunday shopping

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1370:, Sunday trading is regulated under the Sunday Trading (Northern Ireland) Order 1997. Opening hours are more limited for larger stores, or a floor area exceeding 280 square metres (3,014 sq ft). Normally, a large shop may trade only between the hours of 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Sundays. This was to create a greater gap between Sunday services and the opening of large shops, in response to objections from churches, especially the Protestant churches, which have more influence than in the rest of the UK. Large shops within holiday resorts (designated by the district council) may opt for unrestricted trading hours on up to 18 Sundays (but not on 246:, while acknowledging the partial religious origin of blue laws, acknowledged their "secular purpose they served by providing a benefit to workers at the same time that they enhanced labor productivity", declaring: that "the State seeks to set one day apart from all others as a day of rest, repose, recreation and tranquility--a day which all members of the family and community have the opportunity to spend and enjoy together, a day on which there exists relative quiet and disassociation from the everyday intensity of commercial activities, a day on which people may visit friends and relative who are not available during working days." 319: 460:
major cities such as Nice, Le Havre, Vannes and Bordeaux. Most major stores nationwide open every Sunday in December prior to Christmas. Supermarkets (but not hypermarkets) are allowed to open nationwide every Sunday morning until 13:00 for grocery shopping. The relaxation in rules in 2009 allowed all stores to open in tourist areas (before, only sports, toys and cultural shops were allowed). The most visible result is that now clothing stores open every Sunday in places such as Champs Elysees in Paris, La DĂ©fense, central Marseille, central Cannes and central Nice.
436:, the closing laws restricting retail trade on Sundays have been abolished with effect from 1 October 2012. From then on, retail trade is only restricted on public holidays (New Years Day, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Sunday, Easter Monday, Day of Prayer, Ascension Day, Whit Sunday, Whit Monday, Christmas Day and Boxing Day) and on Constitution Day, Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve (on New Year's Eve from 3 pm only). On these days, almost all shops will remain closed. Exempt are bakeries, DIYs, garden centres, filling stations and smaller supermarkets. 451:, including Sunday shopping, for stores with a commercial floor area of less than 400 m are unregulated. The current law permits even the largest retailing venues to stay open on Sundays from 12 pm to 6 pm, and during the Christmas shopping season, beginning on the third Sunday of November and ending on 23 December, to 9 pm. Sunday shopping was introduced in 1994. On 15 December 2015, the Finnish parliament voted for removing all opening hour restrictions for grocery retailers. The new law came into force on 1 January 2016. 588: 79:. Consumer preferences can point in the direction of an extension of shop opening hours in a given area without this need arising in another area. In Spain, for instance, where relatively few restrictions survive, retail stores are open an average of 46 hours per week. In Sweden, 15 years after liberalisation, supply as regards shop opening hours has not yet standardised itself. On the contrary, if 80% of the department stores and supermarkets are open on Sunday, only half of corner shops and 48% of furniture stores are open on this day. 1552:, announced new limits on Sunday shopping as a means to honour the wishes of voters in the 2004 plebiscite. The proposed new regulations prohibited grocers and other retailers from opening if they reconfigured their businesses as separate operating units after 1 June 2006. The premier also announced that he would seek the views of the public in a new plebiscite to coincide with municipal elections scheduled for 2008. 1607: 72:, demand has strongly evolved towards greater flexibility, also due to a greater diversity of working hours in the economy in general, as well as to a higher female labour participation in the labour market. Before the liberalisation of shop opening hours in a country like Austria, for example, one could observe an increase in cross-border shopping towards countries with more liberal shopping hours. 1709: 527: 193:
philosophers, moralists and statesmen of all nations, as on the necessity of periodical cessation from labor. One day in seven is the rule, founded in experience and sustained by science. ... The prohibition of secular business on Sunday is advocated on the ground that by it the general welfare is advanced, labor protected, and the moral and physical well-being of society promoted. (
1850:, remain completely dry on Sundays. In those counties on Sundays, bars are closed, and restaurants are allowed to operate but are prohibited from serving alcohol. There was discussion in the Georgia legislature in the late 2000s (decade) to repeal the state's blue laws regarding Sunday retail alcohol sales in a measure to increase tax revenue. However, then-Governor 720:, all municipalities have the authority to allow shops to open every Sunday. In major cities (such as such as Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague and Utrecht) most shops are open every Sunday from 1200-1700 or 1800. Nationwide, most supermarkets are open on a Sunday although opening hours vary. In the Christian-dominated 2066:
General retail shops are permitted to trade in the Perth metropolitan area between 8:00 am and 9:00 pm Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm on Saturday, 11:00 am to 5:00 pm Sunday and public holidays. General retail shops are required to be closed on Christmas Day, Good
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permitted "large shops" – those with a "relevant floor area" in excess of 280 m (3,000 sq ft) – to open for up to six hours on Sunday between the hours of 10 am and 6 pm. Small shops, those with an area of below 280 m, are free to set their own Sunday trading
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of Ontario still prohibited most stores from opening on Sundays. However, there were exceptions to these rules (for example, gas stations, convenience stores, tourist areas). Many store owners who opposed the law decided to open their stores on Sundays, knowing they were breaking the law. Some, such
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have been excluded as trading days. This applies even to garden centres, which earlier had been trading over Easter, but not to small shops (those with an area of below 280 square metres). In 2006, the government considered further relaxation of the permitted hours of business but decided that there
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Federal labour law in Switzerland generally prohibits the employment of staff on Sundays. The law provides for exceptions for very small shops, shops in certain tourist areas as well as shops in major train stations and airports. The latter provision was adopted in a 2005 popular referendum in which
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French laws about Sunday shopping are complex. Although Sunday shopping is generally not permitted, there are many exceptions such as certain zones and municipalities of the metropolitan areas of Paris, Marseille, and Lille; as well as around 500 cities that were declared as tourist towns, including
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in its case law on the subject, built from the 1980s, has not confirmed that Sunday should forcibly be the day of interruption. For the European Commission, "the choice of a closing day of shopping involves historical, cultural, touristic, social and religious considerations within the discretion of
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Under the current act, Sunday trading is unrestricted; however, retail shops must close on Good Friday, Easter Sunday, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, and until 1 pm on ANZAC Day, unless exempted. Exemptions are granted generally by virtue of small size, location, types of goods traded; other shops
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On 4 October 2006, the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia ruled that the Government of Nova Scotia had overstepped its authority by forcing the supermarkets to close. In response, Premier Rodney MacDonald announced that effective Sunday, October 8, Sunday shopping would be an unrestricted option open to
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In July 2015 it was proposed that Sunday trading hours should become a devolved issue for local government. The Enterprise Bill 2015–16 introduced in September 2015 included a provision for major towns and cities to decide how long shops could open for on Sundays. However, the bill's proposals with
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According to the Czech labour code, where operations so allow, the employer shall set a rest period during the week for all employees to fall on a Sunday, but Sunday shopping itself is not restricted. Although the discussion about restriction is ongoing. Since 2016 there are restrictions for larger
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may open on a certain number of Sunday afternoons. In March 2006, the number of Sunday opening days increased from three to up to nine. Six of these are determined by the federal government and three may be determined by municipalities. In addition, the criteria which a municipality must meet to be
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in 1998, advocates Sunday legislation in that it protects civil servants and workers; the North Dakota Catholic Conference in 2011 likewise maintained that blue laws, in accordance with the Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church, "ensure that, for reasons of economic productivity, citizens
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morning. Previously, businesses with more than 250 employees were not permitted to trade on Sundays. This restriction can be gazetted by the relevant minister for these shops, but only on the advice of a local council, and only after a referendum of voters in that local government area is carried.
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Certain shops are generally made exempt, or partially exempt, from trading hours laws (including restrictions on Sunday trading) under certain conditions. Shops that are not exempt from trading hours restrictions are referred to as "general" or "non-exempt" shops. Although these vary from state to
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allowed wide open shopping from 8:00 am until 5:00 pm the exception being grocery stores who could remain open later, but they could not have more than four employees on staff after 5:00 pm. The law was changed in the 2000s to allow supermarkets to remain open until 8:00. pm with an
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In 1984, the province of Alberta granted municipalities the right to allow, or prohibit, retail stores opening on Sundays. By the end of 1984, some stores in Edmonton were open on Sundays, but the controversy over Sunday openings continued for a number of years. In some communities in Alberta, the
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Major retail chains (such as supermarkets, department stores, shops that specialise in DIY, household goods, clothing, etc.) and many independent retailers open their branches throughout Ireland on Sundays, usually from 10:00-19:00 in the larger towns and cities and from 12:00-18:00 in the smaller
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As of 2013, the number of Sunday shopping days per year became regulated by the local government bodies. Berlin, for example, allowed 10 Sundays each year in 2013, reduced to 8 Sundays in 2014, of which two must be during the month before Christmas. In addition a few supermarkets, located at major
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populations whose observant members would not be celebrating the Sabbath on Sunday. Attempts to repeal the law have failed as many locals either like to keep the law on the books as a protest against the growing trend of increased Sunday shopping activity in American society or fear the potential
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In March 2018 a new Polish law took effect, banning nearly all commerce on Sundays (except for the first and last Sunday of each month in 2018 and the last one in 2019), with supermarkets and most other retailers closed Sundays for the first time since liberal shopping laws were introduced in the
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Studies on the German deregulation find that, far from causing an increase in consumer prices, the liberalisation lowered prices to some extent, though revenue was unaffected. This decrease in prices was probably driven by productivity increases created by the smoothing of consumer traffic over a
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However, an amendment was made that left is enforcement to the discretion of the provinces, so that it remained a dead letter in mostly French Quebec. A Catholic Sunday League was formed in 1923 to combat this laxity and promote sabbatarian restrictions in that province--especially against movie
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Since the 1994 Act allowed stores to open, stores seem to keep to it meticulously, perhaps more so than before when they were flagrantly breaching the law by opening at all. However, there is a tendency to open half an hour earlier but not allow sales before the allotted time, to allow people to
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Its requirement is a cessation from labor. In its enactment, the legislature has given the sanction of law to a rule of conduct, which the entire civilized world recognizes as essential to the physical and moral well-being of society. Upon no subject is there such a concurrence of opinion, among
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There are no specific restrictions on Sunday shopping in South Africa, but it tends to be limited to supermarkets and retail businesses in large shopping malls. This is likely a result of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act, which requires that workers are paid 1.5 times the normal rate on a
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In Sweden, 15 years after the liberalisation, supply as regards shop opening hours has not yet standardised itself. On the contrary, if 80% of the department stores and supermarkets are open on Sunday, only half of corner shops and 48% of furniture stores are open on this day. This supports the
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Due to these rules being unpopular amongst the general public, a referendum was also planned against a Sunday shopping ban. From 17 April 2016, the shopping hours in Hungary are again unregulated. On public holidays (1 January, 15 March, Easter Sunday, Easter Monday, 1 May, Pentecost Sunday and
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An economic model of free competition in prices and opening hours with free entry has shown that restrictions on opening hours aggravate a market failure: entry is excessive and opening hours are underprovided. The model predicts the impact of a liberalization of opening hours: in the short run
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Prior to these laws, shops not generally exempted were required to apply to trade on Sunday and other public holidays, to be granted if the shop was "serving predominantly the tourist or visitor trade, significant public demand or operates in a holiday resort area". In practice however, Sunday
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Religious concerns have been notably absent from the debate. The main bone of contention lies in the competition between big department stores, supermarkets and shopping centres, who push for complete liberalisation, and small family-run shops, who cannot afford extra staff to open on Sundays.
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may establish its own Sunday opening calendar. The general trend is to allow Sunday opening once a month (usually the first Sunday) and every Sunday during special shopping seasons (including Christmas and sales). Certain sectors (including bars, restaurants, bakeries, pharmacies, fairly big
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From 15 March 2015, new regulations banned shops from opening on Sundays. The new regulation only allowed trading by shops with an area no greater than 200 square metres (2,200 sq ft), and even then only if they are operated by the owner or a close family member related by blood or
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has its own laws. Historically, shops closed for the weekend on Saturday afternoons, with South Australia being the first state to allow Saturday afternoon opening. Most states now allow Sunday opening, with unregulated trading in NSW, Victoria, Tasmania, the ACT and the Northern Territory.
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In June 2000, measures were adopted to liberalise shop opening hours, causing great controversy. The regional governments, the employers' associations representing small and medium-sized retailers and the trade unions opposed the reform. The CEOE employers' confederation and the employers'
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The Retail Trading Hours Act 1987 applies to retail shops in Western Australia south of the 26th parallel. It sets out the trading hours and rules covering various categories of retail outlets. The trading hours of restaurants, cafes and takeaway food shops are not covered by the Act.
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stores is found here, the store is the only one in the United States to be closed on Sunday, and is also home to four large shopping malls). Ironically, the area is not considered to be particularly very religious compared to the U.S. population at large, and it also has significant
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said that he would not sign the bills repealing the laws if they passed in Georgia's state house and senate. In Oklahoma, it is illegal to sell packaged liquor (off-premises sales) on Sundays, as well as Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
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and Oklahoma require liquor stores to be closed on Sundays, as did Minnesota until 2017. However, alcohol can still be served in restaurants and bars on Sunday unless local (county or city) ordinances prohibit or restrict their doing so. For instance, in Georgia, most of the
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on 29 May 1997. The 1996 act restricted trading of "large supermarkets" to between 7 am and 5 pm on Sundays, provided other trading hours were not gazetted by the relevant minister. Large supermarkets were those with greater than 400m in floor area, and located in
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metropolitan area. Trading hours are also restricted in a number of "Proclaimed Shopping Districts" in country South Australia, where non-exempt shops must remain closed on Sunday. Local governments can apply to have their Proclaimed Shopping District altered or abolished.
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Until 15 March 2015, shopping hours in Hungary were unregulated. Most convenience stores and general stores were open on a Sunday, even if only in the mornings. Larger stores (typically those above 5,000 to 15,000 m, 54,000 to 160,000 sq ft), such as Tesco
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area, most shops stay closed on Sundays due to severe pressure from conservative Christians claiming Sunday as a day for worship and rest only. In the past, municipalities would allow shops to open on particular Sundays, often once a month, and these would be known as a
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in Bedford to open Sundays. Pete's Frootique had taken the provincial government to court seven years earlier and won the right to open on Sundays with its separate operating divisions, thus it was "grandfathered" in the new regulations announced by Premier MacDonald.
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The following European Union countries currently allow all shops to open for at least part of every Sunday: Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Ireland, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Sweden.
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has a considerable following, there is virtually no commercial activity on Sundays until 6:45 am on Monday. In tourist and holiday areas there is typically an increase in the number of shops opening late and on Sundays during their particular tourist seasons.
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is also one of the busiest days of the shopping year, and many stores are opened extended hours even if it falls on a Sunday. Victoria is one of only a select number of states which feature 24hr Kmart stores, open every day of the year except for Christmas Day.
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Many states in the United States have reduced hours of operation on Sundays in some form or another. A few local municipalities still prohibit Sunday shopping. Some local jurisdictions have regulations on if and when bars and restaurants may be open on Sundays.
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area counties serve alcohol at restaurants and bars, but the establishments must have a certain amount of food sales in order to be opened and serve alcohol on Sundays. Yet many of Georgia's rural counties and some outer metropolitan Atlanta counties, such as
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The relaxed nature of the Sunday trading hours in the Republic of Ireland saw in previous years, a large influx of people from Northern Ireland crossing the border to shop, eat and drink as Northern Ireland traditionally had very strict Sunday trading rules –
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prices will remain constant, but increase in the long run. Concentration in the retail sector will rise and opening hours will increase in two steps, immediately after deregulation and further over time. Finally, employment in the retail sector increases.
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prohibition on Sunday hard liquor sales in Virginia. Although grocery and convenience stores may sell beer and wine containing 14% or less alcohol by volume, state law permits localities to prohibit Sunday sales of these alcoholic beverages as well.
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violated Canadians' freedom of religion. The 1985 ruling examined the original purpose of the act. It found that the Christian value of keeping Sunday holy had been incorporated into a law that affected all Canadians, Christian or not. This law—the
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In 1922, inspired by a pastoral letter decrying the lax observance of Sunday as a day of rest, the Ligue du Dimanche (Sunday League) was formed. For fourteen years the League agitated for Sabbatarian legislation, particularly against cinemas
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was no consensus for change, although a popular poll indicated differently. Some local councils require a trader to give notice before trading on Sundays, but they cannot refuse permission; so most councils no longer even require notice.
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The following European Union countries currently allow shops to open every Sunday in tourist declared towns and cities and currently have a very extensive list of them that includes capitals and major cities: Belgium, France and Spain.
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Alcohol can only be sold in shops with a special licence – this includes most supermarkets, convenience stores and petrol stations. Alcohol can only be bought between 12:30-22:00 on Sundays (where it is 10:30-22:00 on all other days).
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by the type of goods the shop sells – for example, hardware and furniture shops are often partially exempted, while shops such as newsagents, flowers, certain food shops (other than supermarkets) and chemists are often fully exempt,
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was fined €450,000 (over $ 700,000) for trading on Sundays under the law of 1906. Within the current law, IKEA stores in France are allowed to open on a Sunday. However, only the ones in the Paris metropolitan area actually do so.
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are permitted to trade from 9 am to 6 pm and from 8:30 am to 5:30 pm in certain coastal towns north of Brisbane. Permission for regional cities to trade on Sundays is made by the local council that governs it.
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In July 2012 all restrictions were lifted for the whole Madrid metropolitan area and all towns in Madrid province. Ever since shopping malls, supermarkets and shops in city centres of each city have started opening every Sunday.
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only petrol stations, flower nurseries and grocery shops that are smaller than 100 square metres (1,100 sq ft) are allowed to operate on Sundays. For special occasions such as Christmas shopping there are exceptions.
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who are off both days of the weekend have complained about the law because it limits their ability to get shopping done on the weekend without having to travel to a neighboring county as religious beliefs prohibit shopping on
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In Spain, where relatively few restrictions survive, small retail stores open 46 hours per week on average. This runs counter to the prediction that Sunday shopping hurts retailers by leading all of them to open longer hours.
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all retail stores, and can be open on all holidays except Remembrance Day, for which there was a separate provincial law forcing all businesses to close. Since then, Sunday shopping has been adopted throughout the province.
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convenience stores, small family-run stores, and bookshops) are granted an exception and may open every Sunday with no restrictions. It is not hard to find a small grocery store open on Sunday in any Spanish town as of 2011.
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existed. That document only protected existing Canadian rights. As a result, the Court noted that Canada was an overwhelmingly Christian country that had accepted Sunday closing laws for years. The Court determined that the
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allowed some stores, such as video rental outlets, pharmacies and book stores, to open on Sundays, but department stores had to remain closed. The restrictions were based on the area of a store and its form of business.
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declared banning Sunday shopping to be unconstitutional, and on 28 April 2004 issued a decision making it legal. The Church admitted defeat in the battle over closing shops on Sundays. However, on 15 July 2008, the
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has one of the toughest blue laws in the United States, this requires all stores to be closed from midnight to noon on Sundays. This was changed in 1991. Prior to this, all sales were prohibited on a Sunday.
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Very little regulation applies to Sunday trading. The majority of stores maintain similar opening hours as on a normal business day, while others have extended hours to accommodate the weekend shopping wave.
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Several large retailers challenged the legal ruling in force before 1994 by opening on Sundays (or simply ignored them, since the fines were far lower than their Sunday profits), and the outcome was that the
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In 2004, the Federal Constitutional Court ruled against lifting restrictions on Sunday opening, which is still confined to some small bakeries and convenience stores inside railway stations and airports.
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While Sunday is a holiday or day of rest, shopping hours are not regulated and decided wholly by store owners. Most of the shops open on Sunday from 10 am or 11 am to 10 pm or 11 pm.
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As a result of a long public debate in 2007, a law was passed banning trade on the public holidays, but not on Sundays. The law entered into force on 26 October 2007, and the first day of the ban was
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only permits hard liquor to be sold through state-controlled stores that are almost all closed on Sundays. Beer and wine may be sold in grocery and convenience stores, but only after noon on Sunday.
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Commercial liberalisation during the 1980s allowed Sunday shopping with no restrictions. However, due to pressure from the small independent shops, certain restrictions were introduced in the 1990s.
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was supported by the Lord's Day Alliance in securing "a day of rest for city postal clerks whose hours of labor, unlike those of city mail carriers, were largely unregulated." In Canada, the
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protection of workers, vulnerable because of economic conditions and lack of job security, from the need to work also on a day which should be devoted to cultural or familial activities.
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In Malta, restrictions were lifted in early-2017, and grocery shops are now allowed to open; other stores have to pay a weekly fee of €700 to be allowed to legally trade on Sundays.
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made the entire State an 'Exempted Area' under the legislation – and as a result most shops and businesses may open whenever they please, including on Sundays and public holidays.
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There are also arrangements for food stores to open on Sunday and wider arrangements for Sunday opening of certain sectors such as furniture stores, DIY stores and garden centres.
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was passed stipulating that Sunday Trading Laws (Sunday Trading Act 1994) would be suspended by the government on eight weekends from 22 July during the Olympics and Paralympics.
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Supermarkets, convenience stores and petrol stations are open longer hours than other shops on Sundays, typically from early morning (06:00-10:00) to late evening (20:00-00:00).
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principles holds that business owners should be free to set whatever hours they please and to hire whatever workers are available, able, and willing to work during those hours.
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Easter Sunday see stores closed or operating on shorter hours, as with many television and radio stations. All these completely reopen to full hours on Easter Sunday itself.
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was introduced, ensuring freedom of conscience and religion, regardless of existing federal or provincial laws. On 24 April 1985, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that the
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Sunday shopping is allowed in every country. Most shopping malls and supermarkets stay open every Sunday in Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Uruguay, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia etc.
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by its location, often in significant tourist areas – either by inclusion, or by exclusion – i.e. declaring that trading hours outside of designated areas are deregulated.
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prohibits sales of alcohol by liquor stores on Sundays. Grocery stores and retailers selling alcohol to be consumed on their premises are not subject to this prohibition.
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at purpose-built mall chapels. Store hours on Sundays are usually the same as on Mondays to Thursdays, which tend to close earlier than on Fridays and Saturdays. During
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Public authorities hurt consumers by keeping stores from choosing their opening hours according to their market presumptions of consumers' demand. According to the
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states that workers must get at least one full day (of rest), and that "wherever practicable, Sunday shall be the normal day of rest" . In the United States, the
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and Christmas Day. Victoria is also famous for first introducing round the clock 36-hour shopping before Christmas, even if this fell on a Sunday. In Victoria
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argument that consumer preferences can point in the direction of an extension of shop opening hours in a given area without this need arising in another area.
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In June 1990, the Supreme Court of Ontario found the act to be unconstitutional. As a result, Ontario had nine months of open wide Sunday shopping, until the
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Exposé des motifs de la proposition de loi visant à modifier l'article L. 221-5 du code du travail afin de permettre l'ouverture des commerces le dimanche
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Verordnung des EVD zur Bezeichnung der Bahnhöfe und FlughÀfen gemÀss Artikel 26a Absatz 2 der Verordnung 2 zum Arbeitsgesetz , SR/RS 822.112.1 , art. 1
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South Australia introduced Sunday trading for non-exempt shops in 2003. Non-exempt shops are restricted to opening between 9 am and 5 pm in the
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Currently shopping hours of stores are restricted on 13 public holidays during the year. A bill has been put forward to the Polish parliament by the
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circumvented the law by reconfiguring their stores on Sundays into separate businesses, each of which was small enough in area to be exempt from the
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Day) per calendar year between the dates of 1 March and 30 September. Shop owners in violation of the Sunday trading law may be fined up to ÂŁ50,000.
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prohibits shops from compelling their workers to work on Sunday. This lack of restriction allows opening hours of larger shops to be longer than in
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made an unsuccessful attempt in 2010 to remove the law bringing extra tax revenue for the state budget, then in 2012, he suspended the law after
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Shops in towns and areas declared as touristic are allowed to open every Sunday. The list as of 2013 is quite extensive as it includes central
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was the only province in Canada that prohibited year-round Sunday shopping. An experiment with the practice was held in 2003 and in 2004 a
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in lobbying "to prevent secular and commercial interests from hampering freedom of worship and from exploiting workers." For example, the
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Other provinces allow wide open shopping all day on most Sundays (except when it falls on a holiday or when objected by municipalities).
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EU law allows each Member State to set its own policy concerning work on Sundays. Working time in EU member states is addressed in the
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Until 2009 alcohol could not be sold until 12:30 pm. This has now changed to 10 am, the same as every other day of the week.
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There is no law restricting the opening hours of shops. The only exception to this rule is the government-owned liquor store monopoly
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Several major railway stations are permitted to operate their shops, such as grocery stores, bookstores, and drug stores, on Sundays.
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the price consumers are ready to pay for a 24/7 offer of certain products, as prices can rise due to higher wages for Sunday workers;
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governments instead of the federal government, leading to an end to regulated Monday–Saturday opening hours in several states.
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Hyper- and supermarkets are typically open on Sundays from 7 am or 8 am until 8 pm or even until 10 pm.
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is "Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy". Not to follow one or many of the Ten Commandments can be considered a
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Shopping centres are open on Sundays with a later opening time (11:00 onwards) and closing time between 18:00-20:00.
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and supermarkets were not able to open legally. A number of specialist outlets were able to open legally, including
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A new temporary ban, introduced between 27 April 2020 and 26 May 2020 related to measures to restrict the spread of
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In Canada, each province and territory has its own legislation regarding employment standards and Sunday shopping.
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coastal area, as well as many municipalities in the Madrid metropolitan area, the Andalusia coastal area and the
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is the seventh day of the week, said to be the day God rested after six days of creation. This is written in the
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by the floor size of the shop (for example, South Australia exempts shops with a floor space of less than 200m),
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Some states, including Indiana and Pennsylvania, also prohibit car dealerships from selling vehicles on Sunday.
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trade union to ban Sunday shopping for larger retail stores all Sundays (apart from 7 Sundays during the year).
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Erwin Fahlbusch and Geoffrey William Bromiley write that throughout their existence, organizations advocating
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It would be forbidden, according to the bill, to open on all Sundays, apart from the following exceptions:
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in Halifax with measuring tapes and began an investigation to see if the grocer was in compliance with the
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longer period of time and the greater ability of consumers to compare prices in a deregulated environment.
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The Impact of Sunday Shopping on Employment and Hours of Work in the Retail Industry: Evidence from Canada
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must apply for an exemption to trade on a restricted day through the Department of Industrial Relations.
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Actual practice varies across the country according to local custom and local council regulation. In the
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A debate within Poland's parliament is currently discussing the draft bill from the largest trade union,
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have been deregulated since 1 December 2002, with shops only being required to close on Christmas Day,
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which resulted in 45% of voters in favour of Sunday shopping and 55% voting against the practice. The
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has recently (as of August 12, 2013) passed a law revoking any restrictions on Sunday shopping hours.
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and the new regulations announced by Premier MacDonald to be declared invalid. Sobeys was joined by
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Currently stores close earlier on – this being in the interest of workers and not regulated legally:
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chooses to open and close different stores on different Sundays, and lists which will be open in its
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The Secular Revolution: Power, Interests, and Conflict in the Secularization of American Public Life
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Sunday. In addition, provincial liquor licensing usually restricts the sale of alcohol on a Sunday.
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in March 2016 and the government indicated that it had no intention to reintroduce the measure.
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Monday, 20 August, 23 October, 1 November, 25 and 26 December), all shops have to be closed. On
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Government in order for Sunday shopping to be banned. Although it had worked for some time, the
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However, public opposition to Sunday closing continued to rise. Bowing to public pressure, the
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rejected a civil law bill amending the Labour Code, which prohibits stores closing on Sundays.
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a maximum number of employees employed by the shop, or staffed at any one time (for example,
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coastal area. Shopping malls and hypermarkets in these areas usually stay open every Sunday.
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Furthermore, store openings would be restricted to opening on the following days to 14.00:
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However, there is still strong resistance to Sunday shopping from clergy and politicians.
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A billboard erected in Budapest's III district by the opposition MKKP-VastagbƑr alignment
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Trading hours in New South Wales are largely deregulated following the enactment of the
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lifted restrictions on retail stores operating on Sundays starting on January 1, 1998.
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A map of countries where large supermarkets are generally open on non-holiday Sundays:
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did not force people to practice Christianity or stop practising their own religion.
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state, generally speaking, exemptions can be based on one or more of the following:
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The Roman Catholic Church and some other minor organisations tried to influence the
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MP (Conservative, Shipley) called for a permanent abolition of the restrictions.
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it was opposed by labour unions and conservative Christian groups. Moreover, the
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Until 1994 barbers and hairdressers in Scotland were prohibited by s.67 of the
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MPs who were concerned about workers' rights. This led to the formation of the
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Sunday opening became widespread in most of South America by the early 1980s.
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subway/railway stations, are allowed to be open for Sunday shopping all year.
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In 2006 and 2007, the responsibility for opening hours was transferred to the
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Campaigns for deregulation of Sunday shopping have been put forward mainly by
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Several other provinces have restrictions of some degree on Sunday shopping.
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Arguments in favour of regulation of shop opening hours usually emanate from
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Final extension of opening hours, for each individual firm, will depend on:
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are not denied time for rest and divine worship." Similarly, Chief Justice
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the wage that workers will or can demand in order to work additional hours.
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Pubs in Northern Ireland were not allowed to open on Sundays until 1989.
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associations representing large retailers were in favour of the changes.
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Large supermarkets are allowed to be open for 6 hours or less on Sundays.
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Studies relaunch debate on further liberalisation of shop opening hours
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New South Wales Government Department of Industrial Relations (2009).
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One of the last major areas to completely prohibit Sunday shopping is
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Large supermarkets and shopping centers are generally open on Sundays.
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MPs who saw it as a threat to family life and church attendance, and
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felt that the law was unjust since it permitted competitors such as
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marriage. The general exception from the law is the four Sundays in
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Constitutional Court of the Republic of Croatia (28 April 2004).
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There has been no recent legislation regarding Sunday trading in
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In Germany, opening hours have long been restricted through the
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It has not been proven that Sunday shopping hurts retailers by
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New South Wales Government Department of Industrial Relations
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Government Department of Employment and Industrial Relations.
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http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/12/propositions/pion3262.asp
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which lasted for one Sunday, but went back into effect later.
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exempts shops with no more than four staff at any one time),
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New South Wales Government Office of Industrial Relations.
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Sunday Trading Act 1994 – Notice of Proposed Sunday Opening
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was not generally permitted. This meant that shops such as
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The situation in Australia is not uniform, as each of its
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Sunday shopping is generally allowed in the predominantly
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Tasmanian Government Department of Treasury and Finance.
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sales except through stores operated by its state-owned
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increase of Sunday traffic on major local roads such as
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in 1923 and promoted first-day Sabbatarian legislation.
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refers to the ability of retailers to operate stores on
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in the case, who entered by seeking intervener status.
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Frame, Don (30 May 2007), "Fury over B&Q bother",
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dr. sc. Miroslav Ơeparović, v.r. (14 September 2020).
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By mid-2006, several grocers in Nova Scotia including
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may allow shops to open on up to four Sundays a year.
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Controversy over liberalisation of shop opening hours
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Fahlbusch, Erwin; Bromiley, Geoffrey William (2005).
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famously was annoyed by being "nearly made to wait".
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Large supermarkets are generally closed on Sundays.
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In the European Union, it is governed by the 4061:"Shop Trading Hours Act Repeal Act 1990 No 57" 2015:; shopping is allowed at any time, except for 1292:regard to Sunday trading were defeated in the 3117:"What time are stores open on New Year's Eve" 2782:"Ustavni sud poniĆĄtio zabranu rada nedjeljom" 2140:, and Christmas Day, and before 1 pm on 1354:from carrying out their business on a Sunday. 1249:, the trade union representing shop workers. 61:Sunday shopping has its main argument in the 8: 4007:Shop Trading Hours Act 1984 (No. 61 of 1984) 3991:Economic Reform: National Competition Policy 3820:Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration 2451:. University of Illinois Press. p. 93. 2192: 2190: 1995:, which commenced operation on 1 July 2008. 1807:Friday night or on Saturday before nightfall 392:shops (400 m and more) during selected 3960:Deregulated shopping hours for Port Lincoln 3683:(Report). Statistics Canada. 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Unsourced material may be challenged and 4033:Trading Hours (Repeal) Act 1997 (repealed) 1501:question was still being debated in 1990. 1221:, small "corner" or family-run shops, and 4045:Story: Food shops Page 7 – Shopping hours 4031:Australian Capital Territory Government. 4018:Australian Capital Territory Government. 2945:"Ikea fined for Sunday opening in France" 1749:Learn how and when to remove this message 674:, almost all shops are open on a Sunday. 575:Learn how and when to remove this message 3857:State of South Australia (7 July 2003). 887:Employees are forbidden from working on 690:and still does to this day by comparison 297:, the Sabbath is the seventh day of the 213:in the British Isles, were supported by 111:to remark that the worst problem of the 77:leading all of them to open longer hours 3541:"MP calls to relax Sunday trading laws" 3355: 3353: 2822:from the original on 14 September 2020. 2186: 1577:Retail Business Uniform Closing Day Act 1565:Retail Business Uniform Closing Day Act 1539:Retail Business Uniform Closing Day Act 1519:Retail Business Uniform Closing Day Act 1481:Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms 919:Palm Sunday (last Sunday before Easter) 817:, (movable holiday – always a Thursday) 3962:. Media release. Retrieved 2008-03-21. 3361:"Trading hours for retailers: the law" 3235: 3224: 2914:. Helsingin Sanomat. 29 December 2015. 2394:. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. p.  2251:OECD Economic Studies, No. 32, 2001/1. 1567:. Three days later, on July 5, 2006, 1245:campaign, backed by church groups and 1054:Federal Department of Economic Affairs 943:1990s. The law had been passed by the 57:Arguments in favour of Sunday shopping 1178:Geneva Cointrin International Airport 822:Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary 766:The days of restricted shopping are: 689: 463:In 2008, the Swedish furniture chain 273:20:8; Exodus 23:12; Exodus 31:13-17; 7: 3770:. Associated Press. 12 February 1991 3139:"Verkaufsoffener Sonntag Österreich" 3043:electronic Irish Statute Book (eISB) 2231: 2229: 2227: 2225: 2223: 2221: 2219: 1731:adding citations to reliable sources 811:(Pentecost Sunday, movable holiday), 553:adding citations to reliable sources 3861:(as amended). Retrieved 2008-03-21. 3848:(as amended). Retrieved 2008-03-21. 3846:Shops and Industries Act 1962 No 43 3655:"Basic Guide to Working on Sundays" 3419:"Shoppers 'want long Sunday hours'" 3221:. 11 March 2018 – via rte.ie. 2748:Robert BajruĆĄi (14 November 2006). 2717:Robert BajruĆĄi (14 November 2006). 2576:Sunday shopping restrictions lifted 2447:Fuller, Wayne E. (1 October 2010). 1261:However, some large shops, such as 881:New Year's Eve (St Silvester's Day) 3737:Strum, Charles (3 November 1993). 3701:"Ontario allows Sunday shopping". 1467:. However, at that time, only the 1321:Sunday Working (Scotland) Act 2003 733:, literally a "Sunday of buying". 249:In some religions, the day of the 151:small and medium-sized enterprises 105:": George Orwell uses the term in 25: 4020:Trading Hours Act 1996 (repealed) 3566:Dominiczak, Peter (7 July 2015). 3393:"Sunday trading limits to remain" 3005:Reddy, Karthik (16 August 2011). 2992:"Germany rejects Sunday shopping" 2762:from the original on 18 June 2013 2729:from the original on 17 July 2012 2011:Trading hours are deregulated in 651:Shops (Hours of Trading) Act 1938 130:Arguments against Sunday shopping 3908:Regulation of shop trading hours 2943:Lauter, Devorah (6 April 2008), 2391:The Encyclopedia of Christianity 1778:(for example, one of four local 1707: 1555:On July 2, 2006, members of the 1052:Pursuant to an ordinance of the 525: 108:Down and out in Paris and London 3934:89B Exemptions For Shop Trading 3717:"News Release: Sunday Shopping" 3181:Gera, Vanessa (11 March 2018). 2813:Constitutional Court of Croatia 2236:Liberalizing shop opening hours 1718:needs additional citations for 1686:unlimited number of employees. 301:, which in English is known as 2545:. EWTN News. 19 September 2011 2197:Mbakwe, Tola (12 March 2018). 2003:trading remained commonplace. 1559:entered the Barrington Street 1479:However, later that year, the 1233:, with opposition coming from 845:25 December and 26 December – 169:standards are enforced by the 1: 3011:Institute of Economic Affairs 2164:Lord's Day Observance Society 1951:'s attempt to trade on Sunday 1872:Alcoholic Beverage Commission 1346:Former restrictions include: 1190:St. Gallen-Altenrhein Airport 851:Boxing Day (St Stephen's Day) 602:24 hours a day, 7 days a week 410:Croatian Constitutional Court 293:, or a wrong thing to do. In 211:Lord's Day Observance Society 3936:. Retrieved 8 November 2010. 3923:. Retrieved 8 November 2010. 3919:New South Wales Parliament. 3910:. Retrieved 8 November 2010. 3490:Christmas 2005 Opening Hours 3057:"Role of Competition Policy" 2261:Wenzel, Tobias (June 2007). 2240:Institut Economique Molinari 2098:Australian Capital Territory 2092:Australian Capital Territory 2019:morning (before 1 pm), 1643:Retail Business Holidays Act 1627:, were jailed for doing so. 1620:Retail Business Holidays Act 1610:Sunday Laws in Ontario, 1911 1573:Supreme Court of Nova Scotia 648:, which is regulated by the 309:Sunday shopping by continent 140:Christian democratic parties 4049:Encyclopedia of New Zealand 3921:Shop Trading Act 2008 No 49 3859:Shop Trading Hours Act 1977 3705:. 4 June 1992. p. A10. 3258:Polskie Radio dla Zagranicy 2900:(in Finnish). 10 June 1994. 2505:RybczyƄski, Witold (1991). 1515:binding plebiscite was held 1315:Scotland has never had any 1209:By 1994, Sunday trading in 947:party, with support of the 896:Planned Sunday Shopping Ban 877:– between opening to 14.00; 871:– between opening to 16.00; 791:(moving holiday, two days), 610:non-stop or 'Ă©jjel-nappali' 4102: 3274:. BBC News. 23 August 2017 2513:. Viking Penguin. p.  2426:. NYU Press. p. 106. 1776:New York metropolitan area 1529:and larger chains such as 658:, still being part of the 447:As of December 2009, 3340:"Sunday Trading Act 1994" 2480:. ABC-CLIO. p. 457. 2422:Goldberg, Steven (2000). 2363:Smith, Christian (2003). 2320:Orwell.Politics and Power 1772:Bergen County, New Jersey 1693:Newfoundland and Labrador 840:National Independence Day 777:6 January – Feast of the 353:European Court of Justice 209:in North America and the 2807:[Press Release] 2706:(in Croatian) (2004/55). 1649:Other Canadian provinces 1614:After the demise of the 1225:. An earlier attempt by 1022:Other European countries 915:Fourth Sunday of Advent; 883:– from opening to 18.00. 203:first-day Sabbatarianism 184:, with regard to Sunday 171:Fair Labor Standards Act 4035:. Retrieved 2008-03-21. 4022:. Retrieved 2008-03-21. 3993:. Retrieved 2008-03-21. 3949:. Retrieved 2008-03-21. 3880:. 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Department of Labour 3234:Cite journal requires 3160:"Trade ban on Sundays" 2683:"ZĂĄkon č. 223/2016 Sb" 2102:Trading Hours Act 1996 2067:Friday and ANZAC Day. 1957:states and territories 1952: 1611: 1571:filed a motion in the 1546:Premier of Nova Scotia 1544:On June 23, 2006, the 609: 592: 349:Working Time Directive 339: 219:United States Congress 199: 175:Working Time Directive 3690:on 11 September 2006. 2096:Trading hours in the 1993:Shop Trading Act 2008 1942: 1609: 1279:emergency legislation 590: 321: 195:Hennington v. 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Index

Sunday trading
Sunday
day of rest
shopping hours
Blue laws
consumer welfare
OECD
leading all of them to open longer hours
liberal parties
idleness
Down and out in Paris and London
underclass
deontological
individualist
trade unions
Christian democratic parties
small and medium-sized enterprises
Canadian Labour Code
eight-hour day
working time
Fair Labor Standards Act
Working Time Directive
Stephen Johnson Field
blue laws
first-day Sabbatarianism
Lord's Day Alliance
Lord's Day Observance Society
labor unions
United States Congress
Lord's Day Act

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