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NativeMasshole t1_j5a49az wrote

Reply to comment by mcemc3 in Why did Sunday pay go away? by A_Man_Who_Writes

This is what gets me. It was an outdated blue law which was meant to encourage people to go to church. What's more, it had such an uneven application that retailers were the vast majority of businesses who actually had to pay it. It was a shit law.

If people want premium pay on the weekends, then they should push for a law that makes sense in modern standards, is clear about what it's for, and doesn't have a million loopholes so that it doesn't disproportionately impact one job sector.

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NativeMasshole t1_j5al3qy wrote

>guess it could encourage businesses to just close.

That's exactly it. Ironic that it's had the opposite effect and had people wanting to work on Sunday.

Anyway, it does kind of make sense from the religious perspective, because Sunday is supposed to be a day of rest where you don't work, so it's essentially the same as holiday pay. But that could also be considered discriminatory, since it only goes for the Christian day of rest. Also redundant, because Mass already has a day of rest law which requires at least 1 day off a week.

All the people calling it regressive to phase out Sunday pay are only looking at it from one extremely narrow angle.

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Tacoman404 t1_j5b0dlq wrote

The original intent and connotation be damned it was to encourage a day of rest and with the primary affected group being retail employees, which tend to be lower/working class it was excellent way to benefit those who have seen some of the worst wage growth (only worse are probably truck drivers) since their fruition. The world is a little quieter too when every retailer isn't open for 12 hours a day one day a week.

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goldenj04 t1_j5ci34n wrote

Why should that day be Sunday? I’m Jewish, so I can’t work or shop on Saturday or Friday night. If businesses are all closed on Sundays I’m fucked.

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