This year, Canada Day will be on a Sunday. As the Chronicle-Herald explains, Canada’s federal Holidays Act dictates that when July 1 falls on a Sunday, the following Monday is declared to be the actual holiday, with the aim of giving citizens a three-day weekend.
However, this means employees in some provinces will be required to work on July 1 – and they’re not happy about it. Jim Cormier, Atlantic director of the Retail Council of Canada, has been lobbying for Nova Scotia to change its Canadian retail legislation in order for businesses to stay closed Sunday and open Monday instead.
“Retail is a seven-day-a-week business now, so celebrate (Canada Day) on the day that it happens,” said Cormier, as quoted by the news source.
Although some provinces have been able to get around the Canadian retail compliance requirement by writing “July 1″ instead of “Canada Day” into their laws, Nova Scotia – along with New Brunswick – still follows the federal legislation.
A December 2011 survey by global employer consulting firm Mercer revealed that Canadians are entitled to the fewest number of holidays of any developed nation, prompting some to call for more days off, CTV reports.
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