The Employment Structure of the Sunday Labour Market in Retailing
A Comparative Analysis of DIY and Grocery Superstores in Scotland and in England and Wales
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4767507 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J P Freathy (Institute for Retail Studies, University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA, Scotland), Lisa Sparks (0000-0002-9280-3219, University of Stirling) |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 471-487 |
| Publication date | 1995-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environment and Planning A Economy and Space (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0308-518X • E-ISSN: 1472-3409 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1068/a270471 |
| OpenAlex | W2090141339 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 34 |
Sunday trading in Scotland is an established feature integral to the retail operations of many companies. This requires that a considerable number of people take up paid employment on Sunday. Illegal Sunday trading in England and Wales, particularly since Christmas 1991, has made similar demands on retail staff. In this paper Sunday employment in superstores in Scotland with its more established and legal Sunday working, is compared with England and Wales, with their more recent and illegal opening pattern. It is concluded that a number of differences do exist, particularly in grocery superstores. Key findings include the high number of Sunday-only workers and a lower proportion of workers on premium rates in Scotland. When Sunday trading is legalised and established in England and Wales it would be expected that the employment pattern would come to mirror more closely the Scottish situation. These findings are discussed in the context of employment change and spatial-legal debates
Business · Demographic economics · Economics · Geography · Labour economics · New england · Political science · Politics · Employment and Welfare Studies · Law
Female and Male Earnings Differentials in Retailing
Fordism and Flexibility
Text and context
Law, Theory, and Geography
Blue laws
Legal Interpretation; The Geography of Law
Dishonourable Defences
Law and the Local State
Market Rules and Territorial Outcomes
Regulatory Legislation and the Legitimation Crisis of the State
Real' Regulation
Retail Regulation in England and Wales
Internal Labor Markets in Retailing
Patterns of Working Hours in Large-Scale Grocery Retailing in Britain and France
Flexibility, Segmentation and Use of Labour in Finnish Retail Trade
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,04 |
| Citation span | 2001 - 2001 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |