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Budget & Finance committee advances San Francisco 'Retail Workers Bill of Rights' with amendments
Summary
The committee advanced two ordinances that would require large formula retail employers to post schedules, offer extra hours to existing part-time workers, provide predictability pay for late changes, and impose successor-employer retention rules; the panel adopted several amendments and sent the package forward with a 2–1 roll-call on one key change.
The Budget and Finance Committee of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Nov. 12 advanced two ordinances aimed at predictable scheduling and job retention for formula retail workers, moving the measures to the call of the chair for final Board consideration.
The ordinances, identified on the committee agenda as items 1 and 2, would require formula retail employers to post work schedules 14 days in advance, require employers to first offer additional hours in writing to current part-time employees before hiring new workers, provide predictability pay when employers change schedules at short notice, and require successor employers to retain non-supervisory employees for a defined period after a change in control. "First, it will require formula retail employers to post schedules 14 days in advance," President David Chu said while outlining the proposal.
Supporters said the ordinances would reduce hardship for workers who cannot plan…
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