Title
Report on State Action Regarding Predictive Scheduling
Recommended Action
Committee Recommendation:
Report/Briefing only.
City Manager Recommendation:
Briefing only; no action requested.
Report
Issue:
Report on State action regarding predictive scheduling.
Staff Contact:
Steve Hall, City Manager, 360.753.8447
Presenter(s):
Steve Hall, City Manager
Background and Analysis:
In the past the City Council has heard from members of the community about interest in legislating scheduling rules and requirements around employee work schedules.
In 2017 the City of Seattle passed an ordinance instituting secure scheduling for retail and food service establishments with 500 or more employees worldwide and restaurants with 500 or more employees and 40 more locations worldwide. Seattle has a Bureau of Labor Standards with a budget of $6.6M and 28 FTEs to enforce this requirement and others.
Consequently, the City Council has expressed interest in statewide consideration of the issue. Currently there are no State level regulations regarding when and how workers are scheduled. Seattle is the only City in Washington that has such regulations and their experience emphasizes that this is a complicated and controversial consideration.
During 2019 Legislative Session, House Bill (HB) 1491 and Senate Bill (SB) 5717, Concerning Employer and State Scheduling, were introduced in January to their respective legislative bodies within several days of each other.
HB 1491 Summary:
* Requires food service, hospitality, and retail establishments with more than 100 employees worldwide to provide employees 14 days' notice of work schedules, compensate employees for schedule changes, grant employee requests for schedule changes under certain conditions, and meet other requirements.
* Requires employers to give access to additional hours to existing employees before hiring externally.
* Provides for administrative remedies and a civil cause of action.
SB 5717 Summary:
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