http://www.geekybrit.com/2007/12/australia/bumming-%e2%80%98bout-brisbane.html A blog for Stuart Rawling Wed, 03 Aug 2011 23:59:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.geekybrit.com/2007/12/australia/bumming-%e2%80%98bout-brisbane.html/comment-page-1#comment-156 Alex Garcia Sun, 02 Dec 2007 14:58:34 +0000 http://www.geekybrit.com/2007/12/australia/bumming-%e2%80%98bout-brisbane.html#comment-156 I know the opening hours are hard to believe. At least a couple of months ago the major supermarkets started closing at 8:00pm instead of the usual 5:30pm. The main issue is the labour laws. You have to pay extra after 6:00pm, 50% extra on Saturdays and 75% extra on Sundays. Therefore businesses try to minimise the number of hours worked out of the regular weekday 8hrs day. It's all changing but very slowly. I understand a couple of years ago you could not find a store open on Sundays. I know the opening hours are hard to believe. At least a couple of months ago the major supermarkets started closing at 8:00pm instead of the usual 5:30pm. The main issue is the labour laws. You have to pay extra after 6:00pm, 50% extra on Saturdays and 75% extra on Sundays. Therefore businesses try to minimise the number of hours worked out of the regular weekday 8hrs day.
It’s all changing but very slowly. I understand a couple of years ago you could not find a store open on Sundays.

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