Sabbath Issues

For the second time in five years, France will pass a law in 2014 to regulate Sunday trading, prime minister Jean-Marc Ayrault has announced. Ayrault made the announcement yesterday on receiving a report by Jean-Paul Bailly, the former head of the French postal system and of the Paris metro. Bailly headed a previous commission and…

“A work-free Sunday and decent working hours are of paramount importance for citizens and workers throughout Europe and are not necessarily in conflict with economic competitiveness. Especially in the present time of socio-economic crisis, the adoption of legislation extending working hours to late evenings, nights, bank holidays and Sundays has direct consequences for the working…

Sunday is for God in Mizoram. Everything else can wait, even campaigning for once-in-five-years assembly elections. Campaigning for the November 25 polls in Mizoram has entered a crucial phase. But for the people, nothing is more important than sticking to the Sunday routine of going to church. Every other public place too is in shutdown…

Hyderabad: Sundays may no longer be the designated day for shopping. Going after shops and commercial establishments in the state, the labour department has decided to enforce a strict Sunday closure in accordance with the Andhra Pradesh Shops and Establishments Act 1988. The department has constituted teams to clamp down on shops open on Sundays and…

A fast-growing, worldwide congregation for atheists called Sunday Assembly picked an unlikely spot to try and launch a new group. It’s Nashville. Where the Southern Baptist Convention is headquartered. Where Christian authors go to avail themselves of a vast publishing network. Where the faithful drive past several churches in their denomination on Sunday to attend…

The proposed new General Labour Law (LGT), which OPAÍS had access, reduces to one day of rest for Angolan workers in what can be considered a case back to the first way. Currently, the work week ends on Friday, getting the days of Saturday and Sunday devoted to rest. In this proposal, the number one…

By Stoyan Zaimov, Christian Post Reporter September 20, 2013|4:49 pm An estimated 3 million people attended a National Back to Church Sunday event this past weekend, which organizers believe is the highest number the movement has ever recorded. “The campaign reinvigorated and encouraged our members to invite people to church,” First Baptist Penn Hills, Pa.,…

The first vote on new legislation in the 19th Knesset was initiated as a joint effort between Yesh Atid’s Rabbi Dov Lipman, Jewish Home’s Naftali Bennett, and surprisingly, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Easily passing the vote, the Knesset decided that Sundays would now be an official day off from work. MK Rabbi Lipman said, “I…