Hi Everyone,
We have been watching the proposed regulation that would have put greater restrictions and added costs on changes in shift work with limited notice. For example, under the proposed regulations you would have to give someone at least 14 days’ notice to bring them in for an unscheduled shift or pay them for 2 additional hours. After 17 months of weighing the reaction, the state Department of Labor quietly withdrew the proposed regulation on Feb. 27. We will watch to see if the legislature takes it up in the future.
The official statement: https://www.labor.ny.gov/workerprotection/laborstandards/scheduling-regulations.shtm
“Following a series of public hearings in late 2017, the Department of Labor issued proposed regulations to address what is commonly identified as “just-in-time,” “call-in” or “on-call” scheduling.
Based on extensive feedback in the subsequent comment period, it was clear the Department’s initial intent to support workers while being fair to businesses was viewed as a one-size-fits-all approach that was not appropriate for every industry. Comments on the revised rules, issued in late 2018, indicated that significant issues remained, and the revisions did not achieve the balance of certainty and flexibility for either workers or businesses.
At this time, due to the constraints of the regulatory process, the best course of action is to let this process expire and re-evaluate in the future, likely in concert with the Legislature, which would have a broader authority and better legal standing than Department of Labor regulations alone to balance the various needs of workers, businesses and industries.”
– Toni