John Thompson's Wage and Hour Laws blog post "Another Study Urges Restricting Employers' Scheduling Options" was picked up by TLNT on June 30, 2015.
Just as we expected, another report – this one from DC Jobs With Justice, the Jobs With Justice Education Fund, the DC Fiscal Policy Institute, and the Georgetown University Department of Government – asserts that District of Columbia employers are imposing “erratic and unpredictable hours” for their workers in an effort to “boost corporate profits and keep labor costs low.”
Unpredictable, Unsustainable: The Impact of Employers’ Scheduling Practices in D.C. focused mainly upon what the report described as the “retail and restaurant/food-services industries.” The contents were said to be based upon a 361-person sample of responses to a survey (that did not accompany the release) conducted by unidentified canvassers earlier this year.
To read the full article, please visit TLNT.