Predictably Unpredictable:
Navigating Fair Workweek Laws Across the United States
Currently, New York City, Chicago, Philadelphia, Seattle, Los Angeles, Emeryville, San Francisco, and Oregon have implemented predictable scheduling laws. Generally, these laws require covered employers to:
- Provide at least 14 days’ advance notice of schedules
- Obtain written consent from employees when adding shifts
- Pay premiums to employees when schedules change
- Provide at least 10 or 11 hours of rest between shifts
- Allow employees to have input into their schedules
- Provide a good-faith estimate of the number of shifts an employee will work during their employment
- Notify and allow existing employees to work additional hours before hiring new employees
These laws primarily apply to retailers, restaurants, and hotels, although some cover utility companies, manufacturers, and healthcare employers. Jurisdictions that have passed these predictive scheduling laws or fair workweek laws often have aggressive administrative agencies enforcing them. The agencies have already recorded seven- and eight-figure settlements. Unions are using noncompliance with these laws as a talking point in unionization drives, and the plaintiffs’ bar is also getting into the game, scoring several seven-figure settlements. These laws are extremely complex.
Covered in This Predictable Scheduling Laws Webinar:
During this 90-minute event, Littler attorneys Martha Keon, Andy Klaben-Finegold, and Eli Freedberg will provide an overview of each jurisdiction’s rules and helpful strategies and techniques for achieving compliance.
Additionally, Stephanie Zielinski, Marketing Director of ComplianceHR, will walk you through PolicySmart™ and the Reference Center. These solutions can help you simplify the complexity of employment law and make your compliance strategy become proactive instead of reactive.
PolicySmart supports HR and employment law professionals with jurisdictionally compliant policies for the areas in which your organization operates. Further, our unique policy effective date timeline clearly shows not only when policies will go into effect, which gives you and your team time to implement them, but also which policies require a mandatory update to your employee handbooks.
However, the Reference Center may be the most helpful for this topic. The Reference Center has an entire Predictive Scheduling Report. This report breaks fair workweek laws down into easily digestible sections, such as: covered employees and employers, scheduling requirements, employer obligations and additional information. The Predictive Scheduling Report even allows you to compare jurisdictions side-by-side to ensure compliance with even the most stringent local requirements.
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