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From: ron@brl-vgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>)
Newsgroups: net.legal
Subject: Re: Blue Laws
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Date: Fri, 18-May-84 16:02:35 EDT
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Posted: Fri May 18 16:02:35 1984
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In Maryland the state law used to be that no store could be open
on Sunday with more than seven employees.  This means that some
stores prune themselves down for sunday operations, some just stay
closed (and there is no package liquor sales on Sunday either).
This was relegated to the local jurisdictions a while back so some
areas have them and some don't.   Every year the large department
stores in Baltimore stay open on Sundays in the weeks before Christmas
in violent defiance of the law.

By the way, an interesting point that was brought out when the laws
were abolished in Prince Georges County was that the store clerks
themselves were fighting for the Sunday shift.  This was due to a
differential pay, a shorter working day (they don't stay open as late
on Sunday) and personal preference.

-Ron