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Massachusetts also has a "Day of Rest" statute that provides that all employees are entitled to one day off from work in seven calendar days. [29] Until 2019, retail employees working on Sundays were paid time-and-a-half. [30] This was gradually phased out over 5 years until 2019, and was paralleled by a phased-in increase in the state minimum ...
Blue laws (also known as Sunday laws, Sunday trade laws, and Sunday closing laws) are laws restricting or banning certain activities on specified days, usually Sundays in the western world. The laws were adopted originally for religious reasons, specifically to promote the observance of the Christian day of worship .
Massachusetts changed their blue laws in 2004 to allow people to buy alcohol on Sundays.
Sunday trading laws in Scotland are devolved to the Scottish Parliament. Scotland has never had any general legislation regarding Sunday trading. However, the Sunday Working (Scotland) Act 2003 prohibits shops from compelling their workers to work on Sunday.
While this is a federal holiday, only federal employees in the Washington, DC area are entitled to a day off. Only Washington, DC observes this day besides the federal government. [10] February 15–21 (3rd Monday) Washington's Birthday: 52% [11] 34–35%: Washington's Birthday was first declared a federal holiday by an 1879 act of Congress.
The one-two punch would force large numbers of white-collar government employees to forfeit remote working arrangements, reversing a trend that took off in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Work before 5 A.M. or after 7 P.M., Sunday work, and work on recognized holidays is generally prohibited, but there are exceptions. Overtime from 7 to P.M., under conditions, is allowed for women and young workers, and Sunday work for 'women, for example, in butter and cheese making, and night work for boys over 14 in certain industries ...
Some government and corporate employees now work a 9/80 work schedule (80 hours over 9 days during a two-week period)—commonly 9-hour days Monday to Thursday, 8 hours on one Friday, and off the following Friday. Some government or corporate employees work a 10/40 schedule—10 hours per day over 4 days, usually with Fridays off.