Media mentions
“Fair Work Week Bill Aims to Provide Stability for Hourly Workers”
Erica E. Phillips. The Connecticut Mirror. April 15, 2022.
https://ctmirror.org/2022/04/15/ct-fair-work-week-bill-aims-to-provide-stability-for-hourly-workers/
“If we take businesses at their word, they believe these practices add value to the business — that being able to change schedules day by day and hour by hour adds value to the bottom line,” Fugiel said. “If that’s the case, then it’s only fair that workers should get a share of the value they helped to produce. If they receive no extra compensation, why should they take those jobs and not more stable jobs?” he said.
”A Find at Gap: Steady Hours Can Help Workers, and Profits”
Noam Scheiber. The New York Times. March 28, 2018.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/28/business/economy/gap-schedule-study.html
The most important contribution of the Gap [Stable Scheduling] study may be to chip away at a rigid approach to labor costs that may not always reflect a rational calculation.
“It is massively useful,” said Ms. Gleason of the Fair Workweek Initiative. “It helps make the business case for why stable schedules work.”
”More Families Feel Insecure. That’s Because They Are”
Alieza Durana. Slate. March 20, 2018.
https://slate.com/human-interest/2018/03/suburban-families-feel-insecure-thats-because-they-are.html
In examining data from the National Longitudinal Study of Youth 1997 Cohort, Susan Lambert, Peter Fugiel, and Julia Henley found unpredictable, fluctuating work hours affect most young adults, and that this is particularly prevalent among workers of color, hourly workers, lower-income workers, women in part-time work, and working parents. They recently re-ran the analysis with new data and saw similar results.
“The Very Real Hardship of Unpredictable Work Schedules”
Gillian B. White. The Atlantic. April 15, 2015.
A 2014 study from researchers at the University of Chicago noted that in some states, qualification for child-care subsidies are tied to the number of hours worked. That can mean that decreased hours lead to a loss of child-care benefits, which then leaves parents unavailable to work, even when shifts become available. “Work-hour requirements are based on the assumption that workers decide how many hours they work, yet because hours are a key component of labor costs, corporate policies often restrict their availability,” write Susan Lambert, Peter J. Fugiel, and Julia R. Henly, the study’s authors.
”A Push to Give Steadier Shifts to Part-Timers”
Steven Greenhouse. The New York Times. July 15, 2014.