On May 23, 2023, Evanston, Illinois, a Chicago suburb, enacted the Evanston Fair Workweek Ordinance, which imposes a sweeping, predictive scheduling obligation on employers to provide employees with advance notice of work...more
6/2/2023
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On December 17, 2020, New York City Council passed amendments to the Fair Work Practices chapter of the New York City Administrative Code, referred to as the “Fair Work Week Law,” that will significantly alter the...more
12/22/2020
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New York City’s Fair Workweek Law survived a challenge on Feb. 13 when Justice Arthur Engoron of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County rejected a suit brought by a coalition of industry groups.
While...more
Chicago’s Fair Workweek Ordinance imposes a sweeping, predictive scheduling obligation on employers to provide employees with advance notice of work schedules and pay employees “predictability pay” for late changes to an...more
8/5/2019
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The New York State Department of Labor (NYDOL) announced that, at this time, it is no longer going to pursue regulations to the Miscellaneous Industries Wage Order that would have required “call-in pay” or “on-call”...more
The New York State Department of Labor has issued proposed regulations that would change the current rules for call-in pay across the state and add new requirements that employees be paid when their shifts are cancelled, they...more
The New York City Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) recently issued regulations regarding implementation of the city's new Temporary Schedule Change Law that include a notice requirement for employers. Although not...more
As a reminder, effective July 18, 2018, New York City employers are required to accommodate employee requests for temporary schedule changes for employee “personal events.” This new requirement is in addition to any leave...more
The New York State Department of Labor published proposed regulations to the Miscellaneous Industries and Occupations Wage Order in the New York State Register addressing so-called “just in time,” “call-in” or “on-call”...more
On May 24, 2017, the New York City Council passed a legislative package of five bills, known as the “Fair Work Week” legislation. On May 30, 2017, Mayor Bill de Blasio signed the legislative package into law. These new laws...more