Requires employers of retail, food service or cleaning employees to give such employees 7 day notice of their work schedule and a months notice of the minimum…

◆ The sponsor's argument

Why the sponsor says this is needed

This bill increases the ability of low-wage earners to plan important aspects of their lives, pertaining especially to the provision of healthcare, childcare and other essential family needs. Employers routinely construct work schedules that vary from week to week, as to the days of the week worked and total hours scheduled. Too often, work schedules provided 'at the last minute,' result in the inability of employees to effectively manage childcare and healthcare needs, result- ing in both increased absenteeism from work and in missing important medical appointments. Some are also confronted with work schedules that set forth less hours than expected, further hampering their ability to effectively provide for themselves and their families. This bill increases workers' predictability of income by providing notice of the minimum hours an employee is expected to be scheduled during a given month. This bill also alleviates scheduling concerns by giving employees seven days notice of expected work shifts, as well as allowing covered employees to exchange shifts with similarly situated colleagues. While the Department of Labor holds the power to wage a penalty for each violation of this Title, employees are further provided with a private cause of action to enforce provisions relative to monthly expected hours statements.

This is the sponsor's own case for the bill, quoted from their memorandum. It is not Agora's description of what the bill does.