Sunday Trading Laws

[TheDevilWearsPrimark]

Is it just me that thinks this is an antiquated law and should be scrapped?

and...and generally if you get working mums doing sundays, that's because their OH/ Mum can do the childcare that day. so, it is one of the most convenient days for them to work, not the least....

stewie, could you repeat that one more time?

Agree that a lot of mums like to work a weekend because they want to be around for the kids during the week.

It can work really well and be a very flexible arrangement for some people.

but during the week the kids are at school

The idea that shops should be closed so we can all go on long walks and play monopoly makes me roll my eyes.

Hmm, yes you are right, we should all worship at the alter that is called retail therapy

You know its nice to just have a day sitting in your pjs if you wish to relaxing with your family.

Its not just childcare issues for me,i DONT want to work every bloody Sunday just so you can buy a bloody lipgloss.

The idea that shops should be closed so we can all go on long walks and play monopoly makes me roll my eyes.

Hmm, yes you are right, we should all worship at the alter that is called retail therapy

You know its nice to just have a day sitting in your pjs if you wish to relaxing with your family.

Its not just childcare issues for me,i DONT want to work every bloody Sunday just so you can buy a bloody lipgloss.

erm - the right to time off in respect to religious belief is one enshrined in law stewie -
and M&S are one of the companies with the most generous staff provisions! or were you in fact at a Simply Food (in which case you weren't working for M&S)

I know the kids are at school but they want to be there for drop off and pick up times and they can't find a job that suits that so they work weekends or evenings. Also, some like to help out the school, go on trips etc.

sorry, not stewie - TSC!

I notice you haven't considered the HORSES in your scenario there have you TSC?

I think the fact that the Victorians had a day off on a Sunday so that the poorly paid people in service actully managed to get to see their families was a good thing.

Can't quite understand how that is now being used as a stick to beat retail workers with?

StewieGriffinsMom i have done more than my fair share of working in a care home,i started working at 14 after school in one & continued to work in one when i left school.I have worked many,many bank holidays including Christmas Day,Boxing day,Easter...you get the jist.

Of course i care about anyone having to work on Sundays,& of course in some professions you simply have no choice but to,but i can see no real need for shops to open any longer than they do now just so people can have another day round the shops.

My store doesnt open every Sunday, just the 6 weeks before Christmas so I would be quite upset to lose my double time Sundays!
But if I had to do every Sunday I wouldnt like it.
Also retailers would more than likely expect the current staff to work the Sundays and even worse not allocate extra hours to cover it!

Oh & where did i say i didnt give a crap about care workers?

seems to work ok in scotland. Unless any experts can tell us different

In our store the manager puts the Sunday rota on the tearoom door & even though it is voluntary atm,he expects you to work every other,He doesnt mind,he has every Sunday off but it doesnt matter does it,so long as average Joe Public gets another full day to go shopping.

hey, you're not irritating me, momma. I agree with you.

Yes but its not as simple as 'if you dont want to work it then dont then'

My manager expects us to volunteer every other Sunday,my DH works shifts so sometimes it is really tight to find child care so on those occasions i suffer the wrath of work & refuse to work.

If i had to work every Sunday i would have no choice but to leave,i left care work because of having to work every weekend & i dont want to have to go back to that.

YANBU. It's ridiculous to bring up family time and childcare as some reason against extended Sunday hours. There are plenty of workers without childcare needs (including teenagers who may only be able to work on weekends)
And there are plenty of other types of work with extended and Sunday hours (pubs, hospitals, etc.) and they seem to manage getting staff.
I am confident there are people who would be perfectly happy to have a job and work Sundays. (as I myself did for many years in retail, working regularly until midnight on a Sunday.)