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Supporting Innovative Solutions for Businesses and Employees to Thrive
November 20, 2019
by Maria S. Salinas
On Oct. 30, the Los Angeles City Council moved forward with their proposed Fair Work Week policy and requested a draft ordinance from the City Attorney. This proposal, commonly referred to as Predictive Scheduling, would create predictability pay that employers must pay when they make changes to the schedule that are made less than 14 days in advance of the start of the work period. It also mandates employers to keep written records of all changes to an employee’s schedule for four years.
This new policy will only affect retailers that have 300 or more employees worldwide. Our Chamber Policy Team secured three critical amendments before the drafting of an ordinance that will help with a smoother roll out of this new policy.
The three amendments were: exempt any employee who self-schedules their work shifts, limit the good faith estimate of the median number of hours an employee is expected to work to the first 90 days of employment and lowering the record keeping mandate to three years as opposed to the proposed four years.
There are still many concerns we have with the proposed implementation recommendations for the Fair Work Week Ordinance and will work diligently with our members and City leaders to advocate for amendments and clarifications. For a list of all requested amendments, please see our attached letter here.
We support innovative solutions that create an environment for businesses to thrive. The Chamber will continue to partner with policy makers to develop holistic policies that create a successful environment for businesses, the backbone of our economy.
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