Sunday Trading Laws

flame696 said:
I have worked in retail for 20 years <snip> Its an absolute disgrace just so people can shop more!
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It was your choice to work in retail. If you hated it so much why not find work elsewhere. I've worked in retail too btw. I didn't like it much either.

No retail worker will be forced to work 7 days a week, so I fail to see the problem.

Plenty of other professions require workers to work Sundays. Do you ever get the bus on Sunday, or the train? Ever been in hospital on a Sunday?

It's just another day like Monday to Saturday.

e: Ah crap, replying to a 2016 post. Darn thread necros duped me again!
 
Rroff said:
Reality is retail ain't doing great and many shops are trying to do more with less staff with little contingency for staff absence, etc. in the resources budget.

I work in retail albeit not store side and we have an even wider range when we can't take holiday covering the end of October through Jan.
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I assume this only leads to unacceptable levels of responsibility, stress and a distinct realisation that it might not be worth working for such paltry returns (not that they have a choice). Surely this means increasingly chance of being ill, physically and mentally, costing the country.

Considering the recent news about Costa workers being treated as subhuman, this seems to be true.
 
englishpremier said:
Just sounds like bad management to me. Have enough staff to cover the hours you re open and don't have people 12-14 hour days. If your boss tells you to sign a contract stating you have to work longer, you are equally within your right to tell them to go and do one. No-one if directly forced.
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You clearly have not worked in retail, I did at a supermarket for 14 years, and never again. It's not bad management at store level, it's the people that decide how many hours we can use in store, the same people that don't have to work there, if you don't do the extra hours you just walk into it the next day
 
Haze said:
You clearly have not worked in retail, I did at a supermarket for 14 years, and never again. It's not bad management at store level, it's the people that decide how many hours we can use in store, the same people that don't have to work there, if you don't do the extra hours you just walk into it the next day
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I have worked in retail in multiple places. It was hideous, but some people enjoyed it.

I see no reason shops couldn't stay open 24 hours if there was demand. If you are open a certain percentage longer, then just take on enough staff part timers or otherwise to make up the hours. Your regular staff shouldn't be working 12 shifts or anything like that. It's just daft and will lead to mistakes, poor motivation etc..
 
englishpremier said:
I see no reason shops couldn't stay open 24 hours if there was demand.
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There is demand in Scotland. We've got 24 hour shops and it works well. There's people there pretty much 24 hours a day sorting deliveries and restocking so it doesnt take much extra to have a few self-service checkouts open.
 
mrbell1984 said:
People who don’t want to work the night shift/weekends someone will!
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Not so sure on that - both of the last two places I've worked had huge trouble filling night shifts and they weren't terrible places to work and paid OK albeit pretty average pay.

Some places might be easier to staff for it than others i.e. where there are a lot of students there tends to be more people willing to do weekend and out of hours work.
 
Rroff said:
Not so sure on that - both of the last two places I've worked had huge trouble filling night shifts and they weren't terrible places to work and paid OK albeit pretty average pay.

Some places might be easier to staff for it than others i.e. where there are a lot of students there tends to be more people willing to do weekend and out of hours work.
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I still think positions would be filled where I’m from. There’s a lot of people out of work who would love to be working in the right jobs.
 
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