Contact Congress about S. 3550: A bill to permit employees to request changes to their work schedules without fear of retaliation and to ensure that employers consider these requests, and to require employers to provide more predictable and stable schedules for employees in certain occupations with evidence of unpredictable and unstable scheduling practices that negatively affect employees, and for other purposes.

Many workers could ask for schedule changes without fear of punishment. Workers in covered jobs would also get 14 days of notice, extra pay for some late changes, and a right to refuse very short breaks between shifts.

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A bill to permit employees to request changes to their work schedules without fear of retaliation and to ensure that employers consider these requests, and to require employers to provide more predictable and stable schedules for employees in certain occupations with evidence of unpredictable and unstable scheduling practices that negatively affect employees, and for other purposes. is a Senate bill in committee. The latest recorded action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Latest action on S. 3550: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Who this affects: This bill mainly affects hourly and nonexempt workers in retail, food service, cleaning, hospitality, and warehouse jobs. It also affects employers with 15 or more employees, because they would need new scheduling, payroll, notice, and record-keeping practices. Federal and congressional workplaces named in the bill would also have to follow parallel rules.

Why this matters: Unstable schedules can make daily life hard when workers do not know their hours ahead of time. This bill would try to make schedules easier to plan around, especially in jobs where last-minute changes are common. It could help workers manage child care, school, health needs, and second jobs. It could also make staffing more costly and less flexible for some employers.

Key provisions in S. 3550

• The bill covers employers with 15 or more workers that operate in commerce. It also covers specific federal and congressional workplaces.
• Most employees covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act, the main federal wage law, would get basic rights under this bill. Stronger scheduling rules would apply to nonexempt workers in retail, food service, cleaning, hospitality, and warehouse jobs, plus jobs later added by regulation.
• Workers could ask for changes to their schedule, work location, or how much notice they get. Employers would have to talk with them in good faith and explain any denial.
• Employers would have to grant some requests unless they have a real business reason not to. This applies when the request is tied to caregiving, a serious health condition, career-related school or training, or another job.
• Covered sector workers would have to get written schedules at least 14 days ahead of time. The 14 days run before the first day on that schedule.

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Questions people ask about S. 3550

What is S. 3550?

Many workers could ask for schedule changes without fear of punishment. Workers in covered jobs would also get 14 days of notice, extra pay for some late changes, and a right to refuse very short breaks between shifts.

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