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When the government dictates what hours you can keep your store open, that sounds authoritarian to me.
by jacoblyles 13y ago
When the government dictates what hours you can keep your store open, that sounds authoritarian to me.
- Xylakant 13y agoThere's two sides of the medal: In general, I do agree with you. However, large store chains (think walmart) have a larger lever in the power game between employer and employee, so they can force long working hours. The idea was to prevent that. The laws have been relaxed very much though - in Berlin there's 24h supermarkets and stores that open on sundays. However, in the smaller towns stores still close at 6 or 8, but it's more of a habit than a law.
- twistedpair 13y agoDon't forget that Walmart tried opening their stores in Germany and then pulled out.
- Xylakant 13y agoSure. They broke a couple of laws and tried to enforce some company policies that are actually not acceptable in germany. They were taken to court and lost and later sold off all their stores and left.