(A) Suspension of application of Sunday work prohibitions and Blue Laws adopted for limited period. Sunday work prohibitions and Blue Laws provided in S.C. Code, Title 53, Chapter 1, as amended, are hereby suspended through January 1, 2018, in York County, as provided in S.C. Code § 53-1-160 (2004 Cum Supp.). The temporary suspension of Sunday work prohibitions and Sunday business prohibitions for the limited period of time provided herein shall not be interpreted or applied to suspend the Sunday work prohibitions and Sunday business prohibitions of S.C. Code, Title 53, Chapter 1, as amended, on any other date or time or under any other circumstance.
(B) Conscientious objectors not required to work. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this section, no employee of a business which operates on Sunday during the suspension period provided herein shall be required to work on Sunday during the suspension period who is conscientiously opposed to Sunday work, and any employee of any such business which operates on Sunday during the suspension period under the provisions of this section has the option of refusing to work in accordance with the provisions of S.C. Code §§ 53-1-100 and 53-1-160, as amended.
(Ord. 3813, passed 9-3-13)