Predictive scheduling laws — meant to protect workers — appear to be working

Predictive scheduling laws — meant to protect employees from short-notice schedule changes — appear to be having their intended effect, according to new research from Deputy, a workforce management platform. Shift workers in the U.S. are scheduled for an average of 86.2 hours each month and work an average of 85.4 hours. During the first six months of 2019, employees' hours worked exceeded hours scheduled only once. Deputy said this points to the effectiveness of new fair workweek laws and predictive scheduling regulations; "This potentially illustrates how well young labor compliance laws are working in a complex and tight U.S. labor system," according to the report. By comparison, shift workers in the U.K. average 99 hours per month and those in Australia average 93.