Legislation already exists in most countries where this issue is in dispute – including the UK where the NOP poll was conducted – have the option to opt out of working on a Sunday [i] . In addition there is an entire body of case law in the USA where various states have upheld the rights of individual workers not to work on a Sunday should they so choose [ii] .  The contention that a shared day of rest is beneficial to the community simply ignores the fact that for many those leisure activities require others to be working. For example eating out, going to bars or shopping routinely feature as among peoples’ favourite pastimes [iii] .  [i] ACAS Guidance on Sunday Working  [ii] Estate of Thornton v. Calder, Inc. (1985) and others  [iii] “Statistical Abstract of the United States 2009”. Landmark Research.