Chicago’s Fair Workweek Ordinance, one of the nation’s most sweeping predictive scheduling measures, is scheduled to take effect on July 1, 2020. The law calls for major changes to the scheduling, payroll, and timekeeping practices of employers in the building services, healthcare, hotel, manufacturing, restaurant, retail, and warehouse services industries. Join attorneys from Ogletree Deakins’ Chicago and New York City offices as they detail the strict requirements of the law, discuss best practices for compliance, and review lessons learned from New York City’s Fair Workweek Law. Topics will include the following:
• Covered industries and employees
• Good faith estimates
• Scheduling requirements
• Predictability pay
• Additional work hours
• Penalties, damages, and fines
• Practical guidance for establishing scheduling best practices
• Takeaways from enforcement efforts regarding New York City’s Fair Workweek Law