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| Subject: San Francisco And NYC Begin To See The Ugly Side Of ‘Fair Workweek’ Laws Sun Dec 08, 2019 3:13 am | |
| San Francisco and NYC retail and restaurant sectors are beginning to see the ugly side of socialism: store closures and layoffs, as their owners cannot keep up with local government mandates that raise the costs of their businesses. Socialism is in fashion again in America. At the local level that is, where governments have been passing mandates that tell corporations how to run their businesses. Like the “Fair Workweek” laws. These laws require employers to prepare working schedules for their employees ahead of time. That’s on top of minimum wage mandates, which tells employers how to pay their employees. The Fair Week mandate hits restaurants and retailers particularly hard, a sector which employs a large number of hourly-paid workers. In theory, this mandate is a good thing. It addresses the unpredictable nature of employment in these two industries. “Retail and restaurant employees are often victims of erratic work schedules,” says Krista Hardwick, in-house legal counsel, at Deputy. “These hourly paid workers are typically scheduled with only a few days-notice, sent home early from shifts without warning, not paid properly for working overtime or during breaks — which means they can’t properly plan childcare or coordinate with other part-time jobs accordingly.”
https://www.forbes.com/sites/panosmourdoukoutas/2019/11/16/san-francisco-and-nyc-begin-to-see-the-ugly-side-of-fair-workweek-laws/#5b9d9a914508
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