Signed by Governor Kate Brown

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that requires large employers in retail, hospitality, and food industries to provide employees with 7 days' notice of work schedules.

Highlights:

• Requires certain employers to notify employees in writing of their work schedule at least 7 calendar days in advance starting on January 1, 2019 (Secs. 5 & 16).

• Specifies that the work schedule notice period will extend to 14 days on July 1, 2020 (Secs. 5 & 16).

• Specifies that this bill applies to employers in retail, hospitality, and food services that have 500 or more employees worldwide (Sec. 3).

• Authorizes an employee to refuse additional hours or shifts that were not included in the required work schedule notice (Sec. 5).

• Requires an employer to compensate an employee with extra pay for additional hours that were not included in the required work schedule notice (Sec. 7).

• Requires an employer to provide an estimate of the expected hours an employee will work in an average 1-month period (Sec. 4).

• Prohibits scheduling an employee to work a shift within 10 hours of the conclusion of their last shift unless that employee consents to or is paid extra for the hours (Sec. 6).

• Authorizes an employer to maintain a voluntary standby list to address short-term changes to scheduling such as unexpected customer needs or employee absences (Secs. 4 & 5).

• Requires all schedule notices to be accessible, in language and location, to all employees (Sec. 8).

Full Bill Text