Working Families Deserve Reliable Schedules!
Tell California Legislators to Vote YES on #SB 878, the Reliable Scheduling Act
Stand with working families in California fighting for stable work schedules and paychecks!
Working people know how tough it can be to juggle work, school, family commitments, and everything else life throws our way.
But for folks who work in hourly jobs it's even more difficult when job schedules are not posted in advance and bosses can change, add, or drop hours at the very last minute. This tends to happen a lot in retail, an industry where women hold over 60% of the jobs. In California, nearly 1 in 3 workers receive their schedules one week or less in advance.
Even worse, uncertain scheduling means uncertain paychecks, leaving working families unsure of how much income they can rely on to budget for essentials like housing and food.
We believe it is time to for Reliable Schedules. Working families deserve it!
It's a simple idea: workers should know their schedule. And they should be compensated for last minutes changes.
California is now considering legislation that will provide workers with more certainty in their job schedules and more stable income: the Reliable Scheduling Act (SB 878).
Take action to bring much needed stability to the lives of working families across our state: urge California legislators to vote YES on the Reliable Scheduling Act!
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It's time for families across our state to have stable work schedules and paycheck. I'm urging you to vote YES on the Reliable Scheduling Act, SB 878.
Right now, there are no protections for hourly workers in retail in terms of changes to their schedule. That means employers have no obligation to set schedules a reasonable time in advance – and can make last minute changes that dramatically impact the lives of workers.
This tends to happen a lot in retail, an industry where women hold over 60% of the jobs. In California, studies show nearly 1 in 3 workers receive their schedules one week or less in advance.
Another report from the Retail Action Project (RAP) shows that many workers are scheduled for on-call shifts, often learning only a few hours before the shift starts if they will be working. Some workers report being sent home early during shifts if they begin to approach 40 hours a week or if sales are slow on a particular day.
Getting called in to work at any moment makes It almost impossible for working parents to plan the rest of their lives – getting their children to daycare and school, personal appointments, you name it. It also means they can’t even plan their monthly budgets as their shifts can be cancelled or shortened at any time.
We need to fix this broken system now and provide stability to working people and their families. The “Reliable Scheduling Act (SB 878),” authored by State Senator Connie Leyva, would require employers of a restaurant, grocery or retail store establishment to provide a work schedule listing all shifts for all employees for at least 21 consecutive days at least seven days prior to the first shift on that work schedule.
It's a simple idea with a much needed solution. Vote YES on SB 878 - the Reliable Scheduling Act - to bring much needed stability to families across California!