Virtue compelled, or clamping down on economic acts between consenting adults
Let us say that one is an Israeli, not religious, and one who fancies making a bit of cash by working an extra day per week. Try that, and there will be trouble:
"According to the Work and Rest Hours Law, no Israeli employee may work on the day of rest that his or her religion dictates, unless he or she works in a specially designated list of occupations or workplaces. For Jews, that day of rest is Shabbat; for non-Jews, it is either Friday, Saturday or Sunday".
As some individuals have just found out, "In the event of a conviction, the court may impose a fine of up to NIS 12,900 (£1764) per worker, per day".
Now this is not a question of an employer coercing employees, but rather to all concerned agreeing to working a Saturday . One might add that compelling virtue on the part of shopkeepers but not shoppers is a little skewed.....
"According to the Work and Rest Hours Law, no Israeli employee may work on the day of rest that his or her religion dictates, unless he or she works in a specially designated list of occupations or workplaces. For Jews, that day of rest is Shabbat; for non-Jews, it is either Friday, Saturday or Sunday".
As some individuals have just found out, "In the event of a conviction, the court may impose a fine of up to NIS 12,900 (£1764) per worker, per day".
Now this is not a question of an employer coercing employees, but rather to all concerned agreeing to working a Saturday . One might add that compelling virtue on the part of shopkeepers but not shoppers is a little skewed.....
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What happens to people who state that they have no religion? Or doesn't Israel recognize atheism,agnosticism, humanism, or just couldn't care less.
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