Add to ORKGLow-wage, hourly-paid service workers are increasingly subject to employers\u27 just-in-time scheduling practices. In a just-in-time model, employers give workers little advance notice of their schedules, call workers in to work during non-scheduled times to meet unexpected customer demand, and send workers home early when business is slow. The federal Fair Labor Standards Act, the main guarantor of workers\u27 wage and hour rights, provides no remedy for the unpredictable work hours and income instability caused by employers\u27 last minute call-in and send-home practices. This Article examines two alternative sources of legal protection that have received little attention in the literature on low-wage work: provisions in unionized worke...
Millions of workers in the United States experience volatile weekly working hours and nonstandard sh...
Based on a survey of employers, examines the scheduling demands placed on low-skill workers and the ...
While paying bills and taking care of family members are high on the list of challenges that workers...
Low-wage, hourly-paid service workers are increasingly subject to employers\u27 just-in-time sched...
When it was passed in 1938, the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) sought to address the “evils” of und...
The need to restructure the limited liability rule as it applies to low-wage workers\u27 wages is mo...
Workers at all levels within an organization have the need to manage their work and personal/family ...
Research on women’s experiences with work schedules and flexibility tends to focus on profes-sional ...
Low-wage workers experience wage theft — that is, employers’ failure to pay earned wages — at alarmi...
There can be little doubt that actions to recover lost wages from employers have increased dramatica...
Employers and workers both desire flexibility in working time. Businesses want flexibility to change...
In 2009, workers and their families across the country felt the impact of serious economic downturn,...
Presentation given by Liz Watson, Legislative Counsel, Workplace Flexibility 2010, during a briefing...
Unpredictable and irregular work schedules are a well-known aspect of labor conditions in the retail...
Structures of employment in low-wage industries, a diminished wage and hour inspectorate, and an unw...
Millions of workers in the United States experience volatile weekly working hours and nonstandard sh...
Based on a survey of employers, examines the scheduling demands placed on low-skill workers and the ...
While paying bills and taking care of family members are high on the list of challenges that workers...
Low-wage, hourly-paid service workers are increasingly subject to employers\u27 just-in-time sched...
When it was passed in 1938, the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) sought to address the “evils” of und...
The need to restructure the limited liability rule as it applies to low-wage workers\u27 wages is mo...
Workers at all levels within an organization have the need to manage their work and personal/family ...
Research on women’s experiences with work schedules and flexibility tends to focus on profes-sional ...
Low-wage workers experience wage theft — that is, employers’ failure to pay earned wages — at alarmi...
There can be little doubt that actions to recover lost wages from employers have increased dramatica...
Employers and workers both desire flexibility in working time. Businesses want flexibility to change...
In 2009, workers and their families across the country felt the impact of serious economic downturn,...
Presentation given by Liz Watson, Legislative Counsel, Workplace Flexibility 2010, during a briefing...
Unpredictable and irregular work schedules are a well-known aspect of labor conditions in the retail...
Structures of employment in low-wage industries, a diminished wage and hour inspectorate, and an unw...
Millions of workers in the United States experience volatile weekly working hours and nonstandard sh...
Based on a survey of employers, examines the scheduling demands placed on low-skill workers and the ...
While paying bills and taking care of family members are high on the list of challenges that workers...