What is Northern Ireland’s Sunday trading law actually for?
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More Sundays open to sale should strengthen the stationary retail trade. SPD Group CEO Matthias Miersch thinks little of this.
More Sundays open to sale should strengthen the stationary retail trade. SPD Group CEO Matthias Miersch thinks little of this.
What is Northern Ireland’s Sunday trading law actually for?
Northern Ireland’s Sunday trading law made one compromise about shop size and another about Sunday morning. Belfast can change neither, so it has declared itself a holiday resort instead. At eleven o’clock on a typical Sunday morning in Belfast, a shop worker in a small shop will be serving customers. Next door, a shop worker in a large store will not, because the law prevents her employer from opening. Both work in retail. Only one of their emp…
After several years of Sunday trading bans, discussions about changing the regulations are resurfacing. This time, the Trade Union Alternative has put forward a proposal, calling for a complete abolition of the restrictions. However, there's one condition: retail workers would be paid 2.5 times more for working on Sundays.
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