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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It is not legally required for places to close for any of these holidays, and a large amount simply do not (whether it's the majority or not I cannot say). I have worked in many places where I don't get these days off.

On these holidays... most people go out and go places which need people working, so businesses choosing to close on these holidays is their own decision, which they should do in my opinion, it's nice to know that you and everyone you know is off. I don't really care why we're having the holiday.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I'm pretty sure Sunday trading laws do actually require businesses to close early on a Sunday.

Yeah I've just looked it up;

any shop that is over the size of 3,000 sq ft (somewhat arbitrary size but there you go) may only open on a Sunday between the hours of 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Attempts to remove this restriction have historically been politically blocked

The rest of the time they can do what they want which usually means 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. or just 24 hour

Most supermarkets will be 24-hour except on Sundays when they weirdly close at 4:00 p.m. - if they were legally allowed to be open longer I'm sure they would be.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

This is true but we're talking about holidays, not Sundays.

Personally I think having a day where you can't do anything except chill is quite good honestly, would rather everything just be shut on Sunday.