{"id":27143,"date":"2015-12-10T13:15:46","date_gmt":"2015-12-10T13:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/?p=20946"},"modified":"2020-08-24T19:10:50","modified_gmt":"2020-08-24T19:10:50","slug":"ufcw-local-400-applauds-introduction-of-just-hours-legislation-in-d-c-2","status":"publish","type":"press_releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/press-releases\/ufcw-local-400-applauds-introduction-of-just-hours-legislation-in-d-c-2\/","title":{"rendered":"UFCW Local 400 Applauds Introduction of \u201cJust Hours\u201d Legislation in D.C."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Just-Hours-L400.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-20947\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Just-Hours-L400-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Just-Hours-L400\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>Last week, Mark Federici, President of UFCW\u00a0Local 400, which has more than 3,000 members living in Washington, D.C., released the following statement in response to the introduction of the\u00a0\u201cHours and Scheduling Stability Act.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you ask anyone who works at a retail store in D.C. how to improve their job, the response is likely to include scheduling. Stable hours and predictable scheduling make it easier for people to plan their future and spend time with their families. Unfortunately, in the interest of maximizing their bottom lines, numerous retail stores in D.C. rely on erratic and last minute scheduling that forces people to work harder and longer and be unaware of their shift until the last moment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Hours and Scheduling Stability Act would begin to curb these abusive scheduling practices by giving retail workers advance notice of their schedules, stopping on-call practices, and promoting full-time work opportunities by offering available hours to current employees before new ones are hired.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe bottom line is that uncertain work schedules are too common in this city and they\u2019re making it increasingly difficult for people who work at retail stores throughout D.C. to make ends meet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe legislation introduced today would go a long way towards ensuring retail workers in D.C. are given the consistent hours and schedules they need to create better lives for themselves and their families.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe urge the D.C. Council to pass the Hours and Scheduling Stability Act as soon as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Summary of Bill\u2019s Key Provisions:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Scheduling with advance notice so that people aren\u2019t living day-to-day:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Employers must post schedules 21 days in advance.<\/li>\n<li>If an employer initiates a schedule change thereafter, the employee will receive one hour of pay as compensation for the change.<\/li>\n<li>If the change occurs within 24 hours of a shift, the employee is awarded four hours of pay.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Promoting full-time work opportunities so that people have enough hours to make ends meet:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Employers will offer available hours to qualified current employees before hiring new employees.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Stopping abusive \u201con-call\u201d practices so families can plan their lives:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If an employer cancels an employee\u2019s shift or declines to call in an \u201con-call\u201d employee with less than 24 hours\u2019 notice, the employee will receive four hours of pay.<\/li>\n<li>The law already guarantees employees a minimum daily pay of four hours when they report to work \u2013 this provision would simply close the \u201con-call\u201d shift loophole.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Ensuring equal treatment for hourly employees:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An employer may not discriminate against employees of the same job qualification with regard to rate of pay, leave and promotion opportunities regardless of hours worked.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Who does this legislation apply to?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chain retail employers with at least five establishments nationwide; and chain fast-food and full-service restaurants with at least 20 establishments nationwide.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information, please visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dcjusthours.org\/\">DC Just Hours website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, Mark Federici, President of UFCW\u00a0Local 400, which has more than 3,000 members living in Washington, D.C., released the following statement in response to the introduction of the\u00a0\u201cHours and Scheduling Stability Act.\u201d \u201cIf you ask anyone who works at a retail store in D.C. how to improve their job, the response is likely to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":194,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[69],"class_list":["post-27143","press_releases","type-press_releases","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-releases","tag-awards-and-accolades"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>UFCW Local 400 Applauds Introduction of \u201cJust Hours\u201d Legislation in D.C. - The United Food &amp; 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