Predictive scheduling, which affects retailers, restaurants, and other “covered industries,” means employers must set work schedules in advance or pay a penalty to an employee for a schedule change. A couple of states (OR and VT) and a number of cities have such rules in place. A California court decision requires employees to be paid if their shift is canceled within 2 hours of the scheduled time; they’re paid even though they never report to work. And Chicago’s ordinance, which starts July 1, 2020, requires an employer to set the schedule 10 days in advance, and if a shift is canceled with less than 24 hour’s notice, the employee must be paid 50% of the regular rate for the canceled hours.
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