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City Council approves Chicago’s ‘fair workweek’ ordinance

ChezC3

ChezC3

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The City Council on Wednesday unanimously approved a bill requiring large Chicago employers to give workers at least two weeks’ advance notice of their schedules and compensate them for last-minute changes.
In development for more than two years, the “fair workweek” ordinance reflects a compromise between representatives from labor and business, who have been working with the city on what kinds of employers and employees would be covered by the scheduling rules.
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City Council approves Chicago’s ‘fair workweek’ ordinance: Now many workers must get two weeks’ notice of their schedules - Chicago Tribune

It's like these people are purposefully and needlessly trying to find ways to inflate the cost of healthcare.

No reason why hospitals should be included in this. None.
 
ChezC3 said:
City Council approves Chicago’s ‘fair workweek’ ordinance: Now many workers must get two weeks’ notice of their schedules - Chicago Tribune

It's like these people are purposefully and needlessly trying to find ways to inflate the cost of healthcare.

No reason why hospitals should be included in this. None.
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If you've never lived paycheck to paycheck and that paycheck depended on how many hours per week you get to work, then you have no clue why this is such an important measure for workers.
 
“It’s always a good ordinance when everyone walks out unhappy,” said Ald. Anthony Beale, 9th.
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This has to be one of the dumbest things I've ever heard.
 
Phys251 said:
If you've never lived paycheck to paycheck and that paycheck depended on how many hours per week you get to work, then you have no clue why this is such an important measure for workers.
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I actually have lived worse than that. Stewed tomatoes from a can my friend, stewed tomatoes... It's amazing what effect hard work and sacrifice has on your condition.

If you've never had to create a budget or be held accountable for a P&L statement then you have no clue as to why this is such a god awful ordinance.
 
I'm always wary of laws which apply only to "large employers" (like PPACA). Imagine if the FLSA applied only to "large employers".
 
Bodhisattva said:
How about people stop having kids that they can not afford and/or get better paying jobs by caring about their, and their kids, education instead?
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That would involve what I mentioned in my subsequent post -- hard work and sacrifice.


They surely can't be expected....
 
ChezC3 said:
That would involve what I mentioned in my subsequent post -- hard work and sacrifice.


They surely can't be expected....
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I was asking rhetorically...
 
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