The same reason half of Europe has closed shops on Sunday, worker protection.
You need strong laws to not have businesses abusing and pressuring peoples to work the shity 14h shift till morning for earning a peanut.
And workers protection law + North America are not often put in the same sentence.
Also it’s generally not worth it business wise. Paying salaries and more from 2 to 4 (or 6am or whatever) to sell two beers means losing money. You might have a few festive nights here and there, but most of the weeks/months you’ll have an empty bar.
The same reason half of Europe has closed shops on Sunday, worker protection.
That sounds more like countries enforcing a religious preference (day of rest on Sunday for church) than worker protection. I suppose it could be branded as secular, but so can France’s ban on wearing hijabs in the name of laïcité.
Nah, it’s definitely a worker protection ting. Sure, it has religious origins, which is why it’s specifically on Sundays, but that’s not why we keep it in place. It’s pretty widely supported that we should have one day per week where most shops are mandated to keep closed, and nobody sees a good reason to make it any other day than Sunday, so we’ve kept it on Sundays.
Ehh, maybe it started of as a religious thing, perhaps why Sunday was chosen specifically; but the idea of forcing everyone to have a day off is wonderful.
In the us, there’s no federal law limiting the number of days people have to work. Some states have a 1 every 7 days rule. But that’s not specific enough, for shift schedule work, they can set you off day to be Sunday this week, and Friday next week so you still get to work almost 2 weeks in a row.
IMO, it should be (regardless of number of hours worked) on day 6 your pay is 1.5x, and day 7 is required off. After 8 days its 2x pay, +2 days of paid vacation time - 8 hours or your typical shift length (which ever is larger). (then doubling everyday after)
snooggums@piefed.world 6 days ago
Allowing bars to stay open is not the same as requiring them to stay open. Owners won’t keep a bar open 24 hours if there isn’t any business.
Skunk@jlai.lu 6 days ago
I know that, but some might pressure you to work the night shift “or…”
People living around bars also want to be able to sleep sometimes.
Closed bar also means less drunk people in the streets. In my city you cannot buy alcohol “to go” in shops after 9pm and bars close at 2.
After that if you want to continue partying you go to night clubs.
Anyway, a wise drunk dude once said “nothing good happens after 2”, and from experience he was right.
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 6 days ago
Closing means you have all the drunks dumped out on the street at the same time to have a fight. Stay open later, let people leave on their own staggering out out more.
fushuan@piefed.blahaj.zone 6 days ago
You sure haven’t lived above pubs near a stadium. I’d torch all the fucking drunkards.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 6 days ago
But Doug Ford’s mandate is to keep people drunk.
Skunk@jlai.lu 6 days ago
Oh lol he’ll get reelected then (I don’t know the guy at all, just a few jokes about him I’ve seen on Lemmy)