EMPLOYMENT IN RETAILING: UNSOCIABLE HOURS AND SUNDAY TRADING
- 1 July 1992
- journal article
- Published by Emerald Publishing in International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management
- Vol. 20 (7)
- https://doi.org/10.1108/09590559210022371
Abstract
Examines the likely implications for retail employees of a change in the law governing retail trading hours in Britian. Based on a survey conducted in August 1991 of 483 female employees in six retail organizations, the findings reveal that while only 15 per cent of the sample were not prepared to work on a Saturday and 25 per cent non‐standard hours (evenings), some 51 per cent said they were unprepared to work on Sundays and a further 21 per cent only seldomly. Only a small minority believed that working unsociable hours would improve their relationships with their children, partner and family, and for a significant proportion, the possibility of working such hours was believed to be harmful. Concludes that any change in retail trading hours would have considerable implications for the lives of those whom the Act was introduced to protect.Keywords
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