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Andrew C

Andrew C

You know what's funny?
trr1 said:
Happy 4th of July to all my friends.

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When we werebat Target today, the kid yelled "it's my birthday!" I responded "whaaaat? Not it isn't. It's America's birthday!"
 
JenniferS

JenniferS

When you're the leader, you don't have to follow.
PUSH said:
We are open every day of the year except Christmas.
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Wow! I had no idea.
I was in my mid-20's when the Lord's Day Act was repealed up here, and stores were permitted to open on Sundays.

Not sure if it's still true 20+ years later, but at the time, Retailers were not allowed to force or compel any staff to work on Sundays against their will.

Time to Google it.

ETA - Depends when you were hired.
The Right to Refuse to Work on Sundays
There are two sets of rules for employees of retail businesses. The rule that applies depends on whether the employee was hired before or after September 4, 2001.

Sunday Rules for Employees Hired Before September 4, 2001
An employee of a retail business who was hired before September 4, 2001 has the right to refuse to work on Sundays.

If an employee has agreed to work on Sundays, whether or not the agreement was made when he or she was hired, the employee can later decline to work on a Sunday by giving the employer at least 48 hours' notice before the employee's work was to begin.

Sunday Rules for Employees Hired On or After September 4, 2001
An employee of a retail business who was hired on or after September 4, 2001 does not have the right to refuse to work on Sundays if he or she agreed in writing at the time of being hired to work on Sundays, unless he or she is refusing to work on Sundays because of religious belief or observance (in which case the employee must give the employer notice before the Sunday at least 48 hours before the Sunday work was to begin). Note that if a Sunday falls on a public holiday, the employee could refuse to work on the day, even if he or she had agreed at the time of hire to work on Sundays. (This is because the refusal to work is because the day is a public holiday, not because it is a Sunday.)

An employee who did not agree in writing at the time of being hired to work on Sundays may agree at some later point to work on Sundays or on a particular Sunday. In that case, the employee could subsequently decline to work the Sunday(s) by giving the employer at least 48 hours’ notice before the employee’s work was to begin.

Note that an employer cannot make an agreement to work on Sundays a condition of hire if doing so would violate the Human Rights Code. Contact the Ontario Human Rights Commission for further information.
 
Goofyernmost

Goofyernmost

Well-Known Member
JenniferS said:
Wow! I had no idea.
I was in my mid-20's when the Lord's Day Act was repealed up here, and stores were permitted to open on Sundays.

Not sure if it's still true 20+ years later, but at the time, Retailers were not allowed to force or compel any staff to work on Sundays against their will.

Time to Google it.

ETA - Depends when you were hired.
The Right to Refuse to Work on Sundays
There are two sets of rules for employees of retail businesses. The rule that applies depends on whether the employee was hired before or after September 4, 2001.

Sunday Rules for Employees Hired Before September 4, 2001
An employee of a retail business who was hired before September 4, 2001 has the right to refuse to work on Sundays.

If an employee has agreed to work on Sundays, whether or not the agreement was made when he or she was hired, the employee can later decline to work on a Sunday by giving the employer at least 48 hours' notice before the employee's work was to begin.

Sunday Rules for Employees Hired On or After September 4, 2001
An employee of a retail business who was hired on or after September 4, 2001 does not have the right to refuse to work on Sundays if he or she agreed in writing at the time of being hired to work on Sundays, unless he or she is refusing to work on Sundays because of religious belief or observance (in which case the employee must give the employer notice before the Sunday at least 48 hours before the Sunday work was to begin). Note that if a Sunday falls on a public holiday, the employee could refuse to work on the day, even if he or she had agreed at the time of hire to work on Sundays. (This is because the refusal to work is because the day is a public holiday, not because it is a Sunday.)

An employee who did not agree in writing at the time of being hired to work on Sundays may agree at some later point to work on Sundays or on a particular Sunday. In that case, the employee could subsequently decline to work the Sunday(s) by giving the employer at least 48 hours’ notice before the employee’s work was to begin.

Note that an employer cannot make an agreement to work on Sundays a condition of hire if doing so would violate the Human Rights Code. Contact the Ontario Human Rights Commission for further information.
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When I got out of the service, my first job was as the General Manager of a Ben Franklin store. That was in 1972. Back then Vermont had what were known as Blue Laws. They dictated that all stores be closed on Sunday so all employees could worship on the "lords day". What was nice about it for those of us that, let's say, were not quite so pious, was that it was a day off that couldn't be altered.

A few years later, can't remember how many, that law was repealed and the stores could be open on Sunday. There was a transition time where some opened and some didn't, but, then due to competition, more and more felt forced to be open. We got to the point were family type days like Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years, 4th of July and a few others were still closing on those holidays. Big corporate retail ended that and now many of those places are open on all holidays, even Christmas. The further south you go, the more that are closed on those days still, but, mostly only if there is a religious connection to the holidays.
 

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