Illegal to open yesterday? (Good Friday)

[Highlander]

I think you are right there Kevie.
All allowed to be open or none allowed to open. I think that is where the issure really lies.
As has been said here before some people will still be required to work because of the nature of their jobs.
If shops are forced to close we (and tourists) work around that.
We went to Melbourne and happened to be there when they observed Queens Birthday (a week afetr NZ) and noted half the shops were closed, but we worked around that, still ate and drank and took in the sights.

Btw days off are over rated (like sleep).

[Big Dave]

Over lunch at Raglan pub today i appraised the co-pilot of this discussion.

She said i was wrong - that it's 'a statutory holiday and religion has nothing to do with it. A statutory holiday like ANZAC day etc and that i was living in a christian country anyway and i should just shut the fuck up and enjoy it.'

Wise woman my wife.

[sels1]

Anyone ever think that maybe shop assistants deserve a day off too?

Yes indeed, poor blighters

On normal statutory holidays employees get the option if they want the day off or work at 1.5x. If you are an employee and are not having enough time off then have a chat to your employer to have a few less hours every week.

Not in the reatail industry buddy. example: Aussie owned clothing retailer which has a store in most NZ towns - it is in employees contract that they HAVE to work every Boxing day- no choice, And if they could, they would do the same on Xmas day and Easter. Same company employs large amounts of part timers, never giving them enough hours to make full time pay/conditions, keeping them on casual rates and minimum pay, and only started paying a bit extra for working public hols went Govt changed the law recently.

Why do we all have to have the SAME dayoff ? I work alot of puplic holidays but just make them up some other time. And yes... its all about me.

So familys (and friends) can do things together. Not much fun if evry time you have a day off, everyone else is working.

[QUOTE=Drunken Monkey]Haven't you heard of 'annual leave' ?QUOTE]

Havent you heard of " you cant have leave, we are too busy"??? You obviously have never worked in retail.

Or go to a mall,all the kids in those stores are part timers,they work only just under full time hours,have no rights,they are told what hours they will work,and on what days they will work.My daughter couldn't come home to spend Easter with her family because she had to work in a shop owned by a multinational corperation.

We had the same thing for years. Big retailers take advantage of youngsters and and others like Mums who dont want to work full time due to family commitments. One thing my family members learnt was get experience, get qualifications, get the hell out of retail. But not every has the choice and its better to work (albeit crap hours for low pay) than be unemployed...isnt it?

Funny how people have lost the ability to shop a few days in advance like we all had to do just a few years ago

And say a special "thank you" to those whose jobs are so essential that they cannot have the day off. And that should be limited to those who really are indispensable.

I second that

[DEATH_INC.]

Fuck being open! Let everyone have some time off. In fact, why the hell is shit open sunday? It never used to be necessary....essential services only.

[FROSTY:Me]

This is nuts. You lot beat ya chests over bikers rights yet in one foul swoop you're happy to give away some of the very few days off people in the retail industry have.
Y'all can pontificate as much as ya like . Realitity is take away the stats and retail workers will be working those days -commercial reality dictates that.

[kevie]

Ive always said the best times we ever had was back when 9pm Friday night the country closed and didnt reopen till 9am Monday morning, was better for all bak then , before people got greedy.

And I wasnt saying everyone should be able to be open ... I was commenting on the fact that government allows 2 towns to be exempt and not everyone else... and they should have one rule for all retailers wether it ALL closed or ALL open.

[Drunken Monkey]

Havent you heard of " you cant have leave, we are too busy"??? You obviously have never worked in retail.

I certainly have, for several years. I would always take the opportunity to work on public holidays for the extra cash, it's not like I would've had anything better to to do. In the end I was always ready to quit a job if I didn't get what I wanted, although I never needed to. People who can't afford to quit thier jobs? Like someone else said above, maybe they should've paid more attention at school...
In fact, I still do, it gives me a chance to get into customer's networks and get work done with all the users out of the system.
I take my time off at other times.

[Hitcher]

Stupid holiday trading laws. Mandatory four-weeks paid holiday. State-funded paid parental leave. Punitive OSH regulations. The list goes on. And people wonder why goods made in New Zealand are more expensive than imports? And why our average rate of pay is about one-third less than Australia. And falling...

When will the people wise up and throw out the pious, tree-hugging, hand-knitted woolly cardie brigade?

[Pixie]

He loses me a bit on the possessions

Yeah,it is a bit rich,coming from a millionaire

[Pixie]

Okay - I thought - good point - but....
I'm not going to be prosecuted for opening my business on an ordinary Sunday?

I'm digging the holiday, but I still can't get past 'if your business does not observe this religious festival - we will punish you.' doesn't sound right to me.

Maybe it's Cohen's law.

With a name like Cohen,you could be up for all those Jewish holidays,lucky bugger

[Big Dave]

With a name like Cohen,you could be up for all those Jewish holidays,lucky bugger

Not quite - I think I ate a ham sandwich in front of you once.

[oldrider]

Stupid holiday trading laws. Mandatory four-weeks paid holiday. State-funded paid parental leave. Punitive OSH regulations. The list goes on. And people wonder why goods made in New Zealand are more expensive than imports? And why our average rate of pay is about one-third less than Australia. And falling...

When will the people wise up and throw out the pious, tree-hugging, hand-knitted woolly cardie brigade?

I agree, and I hear that you have got your bike back on the road as well! Good on you, happy riding. Cheers John.