Current Events > New York state requiring 14-day scheduling notice for retailers starting January

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and mandating paying employees an extra 2 hours @ minimum wage for last minute call-ins, and 4 hours for canceling a scheduled shift without at least 72 hours notice

http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/politics/albany/2017/11/10/on-call-workers-new-york/107532484/

Discuss, bitch about how they're putting the screws to the poor billionaire businessmen, etc.
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Those are some damn fine little policies.

Wish I had stuff like that when I worked retail
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Say goodbye to that over time.

That's amazing honestly
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@Newhopes posted...

Say goodbye to that over time.

Hmm?
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Doom_Art posted...

Those are some damn fine little policies.

Wish I had stuff like that when I worked retail

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WilliamPorygon posted...

an extra 2 hours @ minimum wage for last minute call-ins

Not really that much money, but i like the message this sends to employers. It shows that employees aren't just little worker drones who are at their beck and call.
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Newhopes posted...

Say goodbye to that over time.

As if retailers are known for giving out OT
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WilliamPorygon posted...

and 4 hours for canceling a scheduled shift without at least 72 hours notice

I used to work at a steakhouse that was really bad about this. Servers would get pissed because they'd spend their gas coming in only to be told "we don't need you today go home"

justaguy3492 posted...

WilliamPorygon posted...

an extra 2 hours @ minimum wage for last minute call-ins

Not really that much money, but i like the message this sends to employers. It shows that employees aren't just little worker drones who are at their beck and call.

also this
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If I worked retail I would love these.
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Now this is a policy I can get behind.
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This is how things get automated.
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This actually just made my day. I love the 4 hour pay requirement if a company cancels work within 72 hours. I quit a job because I drove an hour away to work that was cancelled at the last minute. They just told us we had no work that day and we never got paid for anything. That was 2 hours of my time and gasoline wasted.

This also puts a check system on the employers who figure their employees should be waiting by their phones ready to go to work 24/7. I realize there are jobs in the emergency response field that do require that, but a retailer needing a minimum wage worker isn't in that dire of need.

God bless. It won't impact me, but this is a great change.
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blahblahfatbomb posted...

Doom_Art posted...

Those are some damn fine little policies.

Wish I had stuff like that when I worked retail

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WilliamPorygon posted...

bitch about how they're putting the screws to the poor billionaire businessmen

Most of the stores are franchised (especially restaurants), meaning they're owned by small business people who barely make a profit.

This is mostly just going to result in under-staffing and shittier customer service, compounding the already miserable retail experience most New Yorkers already enjoy. Silver lining is that this will probably speed along automation.
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NurseRedHeart posted...

This is how things get automated.

Yep. I'm pretty sure they demo'ed workerless McDonalds stores in NY somewhere. This looks like it's doing a favor but it's not. It's more of a FU to small business owners and a push for automation for large chains and also requiring management to work longer hours (since they are exempt from these protections as salary workers).
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"B-b-but the poor small businesses!"

Yea whatever if your small business treats employees like fucking garbage and your sticking your employees out of wages then your business sucks and should go under.
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Shadow Don posted...

"B-b-but the poor small businesses!"

Yea whatever if your small business treats employees like fucking garbage and your sticking your employees out of wages then your business sucks and should go under.

The retail business model does suck, but this policy is going to put many of those employees completely out of work.

Which, to be fair, probably should happen.
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Shadow Don posted...

"B-b-but the poor small businesses!"

Yea whatever if your small business treats employees like fucking garbage and your sticking your employees out of wages then your business sucks and should go under.

But if they all go out of business then you're left with Amazon and Walmart size brands which are infinitely worse.
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That's a good thing
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So all this really does is make employers have an actual work schedule, that is completely reasonable for most jobs.
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