To: The United States Senate
Stop "On-Call" & Weekly Scheduling
Williams Sonoma changes its schedule every week, and uses "on-call" scheduling for as much a 90% of its weekly schedule for some workers.
Workers can not make doctors appointments, or plans of any kind, much less hold a second job because of the ever-changing schedule.
Workers can not make doctors appointments, or plans of any kind, much less hold a second job because of the ever-changing schedule.
Why is this important?
On-call scheduling is now used by many retailers, and it is unfair and treats retail workers as commodities rather than human beings. If you are only able to get 15 - 20 hours at one retailer then you have to get a second job to break even and fill in the gaps that food stamps and housing grants don't pay. That is impossible the way that retailers use on-call scheduling.