Constitutional Court upholds law restricting business hours at superstores
Social affairsJun 28, 2018
The Constitutional Court ruled Thursday that the current law requiring large grocery stores to close at least two days a month is not against the nation's highest law.The Distribution Industry Development Act allows mayors and other local government heads to restrict business hours of superstores in order to prevent such big businesses from dominating the market and to guarantee rest for store workers.Under the law, superstores in Seoul have to close on the second and fourth Sundays of every mon