Podcasts about fair workweek

In this episode: Behind closed doors, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed House Bill 433, a sweeping piece of legislation that was originally written by lobbyists for some of the biggest companies doing business in the state. The legislation will dissolve local living wage laws, prevent communities from passing “Fair Workweek” rules, and block efforts to set new heat-safety standards for outdoor workers. How did a bill like this pass? Well, $160,000 a week in campaign contributions from Big Business lobbying groups certainly helped.Contact: Garcia.JasonR@gmail.comFollow: Twitter Follow the show: Apple | Spotify Get full access to Seeking Rents at jasongarcia.substack.com/subscribe

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This week, Traci discusses the predictive scheduling laws that are present in many cities around the US and Target's violation of Philadelphia's Fair Workweek Law costing them more than $22,000. Sign-up for Human Times Newsletter: https://industryslice.com/subscribers/dbc8cfad-6689-4447-aeb1-9bd98d0a2b61?rh_ref=f00c86a3 Philadelphia's Fair Workweek Law: https://www.phila.gov/documents/fair-workweek-resources/ Traci has been selected to be a speaker and panelist at the Hacking HR 2022 Global Online Conference! Register to join for FREE from March 7-11, 2022: https://www.hackinghrlab.io/46 Don't forget to rate, review, and subscribe. Share with a friend! Connect with Traci here: https://linktr.ee/HRTraci Disclaimer: Thoughts, opinions, and statements made on this podcast are not a reflection of the thoughts, opinions, and statements of the Company Traci Rubin is actively employed by. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/traci-rubin/support

“Philadelphia Inquirer” labor reporter Juliana Feliciano Reyes and ILR Dean Alex Colvin discuss the role that cities like Philadelphia are playing, through initiatives such as the Fair Workweek law, to secure workers’ rights.Fill out this short questionnaire to provide feedback, or to suggest a guest or topic for a future episode. Learn more about ILR by visiting us on the web at ILR.Cornell.edu!

While the COVID-19 outbreak shows a dire need for worker support, it exposes a need that's been there all along. Global crises aren't the only types of crises that shake up our lives. Personal and family crises can put us in critical situations that require more support. Find out what support through proposed legislation (and some passed, but no more than 22 percent of the nation on any given bill) is important for all of our well-being — support we should've had all along. State bills Contact your state legislators to ask them to move the bills forward in your state. If pro-employee bills have been proposed in your state for these topics (and more: at-will employment, bereavement leave, and paid FMLA), let us know by emailing info@endworkplaceabuse.com, and we’ll get the word out. Abusive waivers A provision in a contract waiving a right or remedy relating to a claim of discrimination, nonpayment of wages or benefits, retaliation, or harassment in employment shall be void and unenforceable. Details vary by state. Massachusetts: S.1049. Email tovah.miller@masenate.gov and alexandra.kliger@masenate.gov to ask to move the bill forward. Credit reports A person shall not use a consumer report in connection with or as a criterion for an employment purpose, request or procure a consumer report for employment purposes, or require an employee or applicant to answer a question about the contents of a consumer report or the information contained in it regarding credit worthiness, credit standing or credit capacity. Details vary by state. Massachusetts: S.2310. Email tovah.miller@masenate.gov and alexandra.kliger@masenate.gov to ask to move the bill forward. Injured workers Protects injured works from unfair hiring and firing. Details vary by state. Massachusetts: S.2401/H.4174. Email tovah.miller@masenate.gov and alexandra.kliger@masenate.gov to ask to move the bill forward. You're invited to attend a briefing tomorrow, Tuesday, March 10, 1:30-2:30pm, Room 222 of the Massachusetts State House to learn more about the need to clarify and strengthen the workers' compensation anti-retaliation law. Presenters include injured workers who've suffered from employer retaliation, worker organizations and lawyers who represent workers denied access to medical care and workers' comp benefits, and workers' comp experts on how workers are shut out of the workers' comp system due to unscrupulous employer behavior. Minimum wage Increases the minimum wage to $15 per hour. Rhode Island: S.2147. Ask your state legislators to move this bill forward. Find them at OpenStates.org. Non-disclosure agreements (NDAs — used to silence targets and versions passed in Arizona, California, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Tennessee, Vermont, and Washington, while legislation has been proposed in Connecticut, Florida, Hawaii, Iowa, Kansas, Rhode Island, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia) Would ban the use of non-disclosure agreements. Details vary by state. Iowa: H.110. Ask your state legislators to move this bill forward. Find them at OpenStates.org. Kansas: H.2324. Ask your state legislators to move this bill forward. Find them at OpenStates.org. Massachusetts: S.929. Email Joan.Lovely@masenate.gov to ask to move it forward. New Mexico: H.21. Ask your state legislators to move this bill forward. Find them at OpenStates.org. Rhode Island: S.2140. Ask your state legislators to move this bill forward. Find them at OpenStates.org. Texas: S.159. Ask your state legislators to move this bill forward. Find them at OpenStates.org. West Virginia: H.2050. Ask your state legislators to move this bill forward. Find them at OpenStates.org. One fair wage (for tipped workers and versions passed in Alaska, California, Maryland, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington and proposed in Connecticut, New Mexico, North Carolina, Rhode Island, and Vermont) Would raise the minimum wage for tipped workers incrementally to require they're eventually paid the full minimum wage. Details vary by state. Massachusetts: S.1082/H.1617. Email samuel.larson@mahouse.gov to ask to move it forward. North Carolina: H.366. Ask your state legislators to move this bill forward. Find them at OpenStates.org. Rhode Island: S.2143. Ask your state legislators to move this bill forward. Find them at OpenStates.org. Vermont: H.429. Ask your state legislators to move this bill forward. Find them at OpenStates.org. Overtime Updates salary thresholds for overtime work. Massachusetts: S.2313/H.4025. Email tovah.miller@masenate.gov and alexandra.kliger@masenate.gov to ask to move the bill forward. Scheduling (for hourly workers and versions passed in Oregon plus a few major cities) Across the country, retail, food service, and hospitality workers are notified too late of their schedules, forced to work on-call and "clopening" shifts (closing followed by opening), and have their time outside of work repeatedly disrespected by their employers. This bill would allow workers the chance to build stable lives for themselves and their families. Fair Workweek legislation will ensure that workers in restaurants, retail establishments, and the hospitality industry would for the first time have the right to 14 days advance notice from the employer of scheduled hours, request specific hours without retaliation from the employer, a minimum rest period of 11 hours between shifts, be offered any additional available hours before an employer can hire a new employee to fill them, and collect unemployment benefits when an employer’s failure to comply with Fair Scheduling practices is the worker’s reason for leaving a job. Details vary by state. Massachusetts: S.1110/H.3809. Email samuel.larson@mahouse.gov to ask to move it forward. Paid sick leave Mandates employer-paid sick leave. Details vary by state. Pennsylvania: S.13. Ask your state legislators to move this bill forward. Find them at OpenStates.org. Wage theft (versions passed in Arizona, California, Florida, New York, and Oregon) Intended to discourage and penalize wage theft (not paying workers wages they’re owed). The bill would empower the attorney general and workers to hold accountable employers who commit wage theft or look the other way while it's happening by issuing stop work orders in wage theft cases and bring civil wage theft violations to court. It also provides workers greater protection from retaliation and allows workers and whistleblowers to also bring forward public enforcement actions in court. Details vary by state. Massachusetts: S.1066/H.1610. Email samuel.larson@mahouse.gov to ask to move it forward. Workplace abuse Creates a legal claim for targets of workplace abuse who can prove they were subjected to abusive behavior and provides defenses for employers who act preventively and responsively to discourage frivolous claims. Details vary by state. Massachusetts: S.1072. Email tovah.miller@masenate.gov and alexandra.kliger@masenate.gov to ask to move the bill forward. New Jersey: S.633. Ask your state legislators to move this bill forward. Find them at OpenStates.org. New York: S.2261/A.7366. Ask your state legislators to move this bill forward. Find them at OpenStates.org. Pennsylvania: H.1693. Ask your state legislators to move this bill forward. Find them at OpenStates.org. Rhode Island: S.2092A. Ask your state legislators to move this bill forward. Find them at OpenStates.org and email these legislators to move it forward: sen-ciccone@rilegislature.gov, sen-cano@rilegislature.gov, sen-lombardi@rilegislature.gov, sen-delacruz@rilegislature.gov, sen-goldin@rilegislature.gov, sen-lawson@rilegislature.gov, sen-lombardo@rilegislature.gov, sen-miller@rilegislature.gov West Virginia: HB2062. Ask your state legislators to move this bill forward. Find them at OpenStates.org. Utah: HB12. Ask your state legislators to move this bill forward. Find them at OpenStates.org. Know of any other pro-worker bills? Email me at info@dignitytogether.org. Federal bills We can also push for other pro-employee bills with federal legislators. BE HEARD Act (HR 2148) Bringing An End To Harassment by Enhancing Accountability and Rejecting Discrimination in the Workplace Act Current law doesn’t do enough to stop discrimination, particularly for the most vulnerable workers. To address the issue, the ACLU drafted Principles and Priorities for Legislative Action to Eliminate Workplace Harassment for Congress. The BE HEARD Act strengthens and broadens discrimination laws, removes barriers for targets, and helps employers create incentives and accountability for safe workplaces: It extends protections to all. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act doesn’t address workers in small businesses. This law would cover all employees regardless of business size plus independent contractors, volunteers, interns, fellows, and trainees — and add LGBTQ workers as a protected class. It gives targets a fair chance in court. Case law requires that harassment be “severe or pervasive” to win in court, often unattainable and that groping may not even fall under. The bill outlines what conduct is and is not unlawful to give guidance to the courts who’ve historically excused abusive conduct, blocking justice, and preventing others from speaking up. It promotes transparency. Acts of discrimination are most often kept private, furthered with agreements that mandate arbitration rather lawsuits upon starting jobs. The bill would ban mandatory arbitration and non-disclosure agreements upon accepting a job. It restores protections for workers harassed by supervisors. The bill would make holding employers liable for supervisor harassment easier. It assists employers in creating harassment-free workplaces. The bill authorizes research and data collection and gives employers template policies, trainings, and surveys plus best practices. Paycheck Fairness Act (HR 7) An effort to address the gender pay gap, the Paycheck Fairness Act holds employers accountable for retaliating against workers who share wage information and places the burden on employers to justify pay gaps. Workers can then sue for wage discrimination. PRO Act (HR 2474) The PRO Act will empower workers to negotiate better wages, benefits, and working conditions while preventing employers from interfering in union elections and other workers’ rights violations through penalties. It will also override “right-to-work” laws that prevent unions from collecting dues from the workers they represent. (Unions are force that drives gender equality, higher wages, better benefits, and safer workplaces, but union membership is only 10 percent of the country’s workforce.) Know of any other pro-worker bills? Email me at info@dignitytogether.org. If you feel like you need more help, I have a free guide to recovery steps at dignitytogether.org/targets and a signup for daily boosts through your inbox at the same place. Facebook: @HierarchyPodcast Twitter: @ScrewHierarchy

City Councilman David Oh sat down with AL DÍA to discuss the controversial soda tax, the recently passed Fair Workweek legislation, violence in the city, the opioid crisis, marijuana legalization, Philly's sanctuary city status, and more.

LISTEN TO THE DISTRICT LIVE ON WHIP | T/TR 7-8PM EST THURSDAY 12/06 | Join hosts Amarynth Ruch, Amelia Winger, and Taylor Allen for the District, your one stop shop for state and local news and politics! City council voted in favor of the Fair Workweek bill, Philly is named GQ's City of the Year, 27 Temple University professors sign a letter of no confidence in Board of Trustees Chairman Patrick O'Connor, and more on this episode of the District. Skip to a topic: 1:08 - Council approves bills for ‘Fair Workweek' and $15/hr wage hike http://www2.philly.com/news/fair-workweek-philadelphia-bill-vote-20181206.html 6:42 - Ruling on naming priests in abuse report may change Pa. grand jury process https://whyy.org/articles/ruling-on-naming-priests-in-abuse-report-may-change-pa-grand-jury-process/ 16:25 - Brightwood Career Institute in Philadelphia abruptly closes while class in session https://6abc.com/education/philly-technical-school-abruptly-closes-while-class-in-session/4841318/ 23:45 - More than 27 Temple University professors sign letter of no confidence in BOT Chair O'Connor https://temple-news.com/more-than-27-temple-university-professors-sign-letter-of-no-confidence-in-bot-chair-oconnor/ 28:45 - Philadelphia Is the City of the Year https://www.gq.com/story/philadelphia-is-the-city-of-the-year-2018 39:30 - Study suggests Philly's accent is going away because of millennials http://www.fox29.com/news/study-suggests-philly-s-accent-is-going-away-because-of-millennials Live show edited to podcast format by EMELY MOREL

With the proposed Fair Workweek legislation, Democrat City Councilwoman Helen Gym aims to bring Philadelphia in line with 15 other municipalities and states who’ve adopted standards such as provisions for advance notice of schedules, a pathway to access more hours of work, compensation for last-minute schedule changes, and protection from retaliation. @floodthedrummer was at City Hall when the councilwoman announced the legislation and has a full report on Facebook.com/therealTBOInc and on Apple News (here’s the link: https://t.co/yPv4IcHFJq ). --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/floodthedrummer/support

Matt welcomes colleagues Ray Berti and Becky Barrett to discuss the sudden proliferation of “Fair Workweek” laws, which are designed to ensure that workers have predictable schedules and paychecks, and “comp time” -- the concept by which employees opt for paid time off in lieu of overtime wages -- as well as the United States House of Representatives' recent partisan passage of the Working Families Flexibility Act of 2017. http://www.akerman.com/podcasts/disclaimer/workedup.html