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Easter – a time for family or a time for shopping? - by frog
The Department of Labour is currently reminding retailers of the laws around opening and closing times over this coming Easter weekend. The current law restricts shops from trading on Good Friday and Easter Sunday. That law – the Shop Trading Hours Act Repeal Act 1990 – specifies three and a half days each year on [...] read moreApril 2, 2010 9:00 am - 8 Comments -
Oh dear, here we go again - by frog
Here’s an idea. Instead of attempting to fiddle around with the rules about whether and where shops can open on Easter Sunday, let’s make it a public holiday so those employees who are already required to work on Easter Sunday can at least get a day in lieu that they can spend with their families. read moreNovember 20, 2009 3:06 pm - 22 Comments
