The Fair Workweek Initiative is driving the growing momentum to restore a workweek that enables working families to thrive. We are committed to elevating the voices of working people to ensure they can shape the solutions that work for their families – whether through improved industry practices or new workplace protections.

• Half of hourly workers in the food service and retail industries receive less than one week’s notice of when we are scheduled to work.
• Over two thirds of hourly workers in the food service and retail industries experience last-minute changes to our work hours.
• Fifty percent of retail and food service workers work grueling “clopening” shifts, working late at night and returning early the next morning.
• One third of hourly food and retail workers work part-time but want to work more hours.

The Schedules That Work Act will provide two weeks’ notice of schedules, compensate workers when their hours change at the last minute, give workers a voice in their schedules, and guarantee adequate time between shifts to commute, eat, and rest. vide two weeks’ notice of schedules, compensate workers when their hours change at the last minute, give workers a voice in their schedules, and guarantee adequate time between shifts to commute, eat, and rest.

The Part-Time Workers’ Bill of Rights will require employers to offer existing workers adequate hours before hiring new staff.

Read stories from real-life workers these policy suggestions would impact by downloading the report.