Mayor of New York, Bill de Blasio, kept his campaign promise to adopt measures that aim to improve working conditions for retail and fast food employees. The Fair Work Week includes five laws that were passed by New York City Council and signed into law by the Mayor at the end of May. 65,000 workers could benefit from the new regulations. While US unions struggle to gain ground in terms of unionization and collective bargaining, they are much more effective at lobbying local authorities, as this New York example shows.
These laws were adopted so that workers could better plan their work schedules, more easily find a second job, or strike a better work-life balance.
- The first law applicable to the retail industry prohibits the practice of on-call scheduling, cancelling work shifts, or requiring workers to work with fewer than 72 hours notice, unless that employee has already given written consent for the same. Employees are also to contact their employers to confirm their schedules within 72 hours prior to sta
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