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Originally Posted by iheartphilly
Philadelphia could become the next city to pass a scheduling law for retail and fast-food companies
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/fair-w...d-retail-philadelphia-bill-20180614.html
Sheesh, the arguments are stretched all over the place in this article.
"Representatives from retail and food service associations, such as David French, senior vice president for government relations of the National Retail Federation, say laws like this don’t reflect the fact that people choose these industries because of their flexibility."
"That doesn’t square with the experience of Tori Price, who used to work at the Target at 12th and Chestnut to help support her mother and siblings. “ There’s no way to support a family of seven or do any financial planning when my hours range constantly from 20 to 35 hours per week,” the 19-year-old West Philadelphian said in written testimony at the March hearing. She was called in to work that day so couldn’t attend the hearing in person. “We have an eviction notice on our house, but I don’t even know what rent I can afford, so how can I look for a new apartment?”"
"Melissa Bova, vice president of government affairs for the Pennsylvania Restaurant and Lodging Association, said t hat a scheduling law would hurt a company’s bottom line."
" Gym said the law would be good for business, too, pointing to research that showed that more consistent scheduling led to higher productivity and sales."
No one is gonna to really say why retail and fast-food chains don't want it. I feel like everyone is out of touch about this. |
Many minimum wage jobs have completely random schedules that can often change overnight based on business demand. If a sale is happening or there is a nearby event, they schedule the employee to cover, who is expected to check the schedule constantly to ensure that they are not late to work, or worse, miss a shift entirely. While some businesses at least try to keep you informed of your schedule a couple weeks in advance, others don't and are particularly bad with it. On top of the random amount of hours making a stable paycheck impossible (good luck getting a loan or an apartment), planning any events with family and friends is similarly impossible. Thought you were going to the movies with your date? PSYCHE!!! You have to work till 1 am that night, even though you weren't scheduled as of 2 days before.
Others are more malicious with it, using random scheduling to the extremes to force an employee to quit if they cant be easily laid off or fired. A Wrongful Termination lawsuit could otherwise occur if the employee did not voluntarily leave. The intention of any Fair Work Week bill would attempt to fight that, and of course it means that businesses would need to hire more workers to provide the same amount of needed coverage. They would rather only have the workers be paid to work when absolutely needed and then send them home afterwards until they are needed again, sometimes in the same day.
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