Path: utzoo!dciem!nrcaer!cognos!stewartw From: stewartw@cognos.UUCP (Stewart Winter) Newsgroups: ont.general Subject: Re: Sunday shopping Message-ID: <7783@cognos.UUCP> Date: 21 Dec 89 22:05:18 GMT References: <656@crk56.bnr.ca> <1989Dec20.175658.10717@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca> Reply-To: stewartw@cognos.UUCP (Stewart Winter) Distribution: ont Organization: Cognos Inc., Ottawa, Canada Lines: 59 In article <1989Dec20.175658.10717@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca> golchowy@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (Gerald Olchowy) writes: >Sunday shopping does not force anyone to work on Sunday who doesn't >want to work on Sunday. SCENARIO #1: Consider I offer you the following pay scheme. You are paid 3/4 unit of pay for each M,T,W,T or F day shift you work. You are paid 1 unit of pay for each Thurs or Fri evening shift you work. You are paid 1+1/4 unit of pay for each Sat or Sun you work. What days of the week can you afford to work? This is exactly the situation that the commissioned sales person will be in if Sunday shopping comes into effect. They will be forced to work both Saturdays and Sundays so they can keep a decent standard of living. Currently, they don't need to work Sunday to maintain that same standard of living. I would say that this is being forced by economic necessity. SCENARIO #2: Medium sized store with 4 managers. One manager always has to be present at any time. Preferably at least two. The budget is tight (much of retail is not bubbling over with profit currently). Sunday shopping comes into effect. A new manager will not be hired to work Sundays. One of those managers will be FORCED to work on Sunday. Even if protected by legislation, refusing to work Sunday would ruin any chances at promotion or bonuses. >The law prohibiting Sunday shopping >discriminates on the basis of religion and that is why it should >be eliminated. I don't think the reasons NOW are based in religion so much as the concept of a common day off. >It also violates what should be my individual right >to work and earn a living in anyway I see fit (as long as it >doesn't interfere with the rights of others). Basically, the law as it stands now fits this description. Stores with less than 4 employees and a limited amount of floor space can open on Sundays. In other words, an 'individual' small retail business can open. Any larger store basically will have to start violating the rights of its employees ... ie to meet minimum staffing requirements. >A store opening on >Sunday does not interfere with the rights of anyone else. Just the 'right' to a day off with your family. Something that is not a right in the legal sense, but perhaps something that society should put some value on. Stewart -- Stewart Winter Cognos Incorporated S-mail: P.O. Box 9707 VOICE: (613) 738-1338 x3830 FAX: (613) 738-0002 3755 Riverside Drive UUCP: uunet!cognos!stewartw Ottawa, Ontario "The bird for the day is .... nanday conure." CANADA K1G 3Z4