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The [[Canada Labour Code|Canadian Labour Code]] states that workers must get at least one full day (of rest), and that “Sunday shall be the normal day of rest” [s.173]. In the United States, the [[eight-hour day]] and [[working time]] standards are enforced by the [[Fair Labor Standards Act]]. In the European Union, it is governed by the [[Working Time Directive]], although United Kingdom workers may opt out of it.

 

{{quotation|Its requirement is a cessation from labor. In its enactment, the legislature has given the sanction of law to a rule of conduct, which the entire civilized world recognizes as essential to the physical and moral well-being of society. Upon no subject is there such a concurrence of opinion, among philosophers, moralists and statesmen of all nations, as on the necessity of periodical cessation from labor. One day in seven is the rule, founded in experience and sustained by science. ... The prohibition of secular business on Sunday is advocated on the ground that by it the general welfare is advanced, labor protected, and the moral and physical well-being of society promoted. (''Hennington v. Georgia'', 163 U.S. 299 [1896])<ref name="Smith2003">{{cite book|last=Smith|first=Christian|title=The Secular Revolution: Power, Interests, and Conflict in the Secularization of American Public Life|year=2003|publisher=University of California Press|language=English |isbn=9780520230002|page=319}}</ref>}}