New York Public Personnel Law: Employee Scheduling Regulations proposed by the New York State Department of Labor

November 11, 2017

Employee Scheduling Regulations proposed by the New York State Department of Labor

Employee Scheduling Regulations proposed by the New York State Department of Labor

Source: New York State Department of Labor

The Department of Labor has filed proposed rules addressing what is commonly called as "just-in-time," "call-in" or "on-call" scheduling.

The text of the proposed regulation is posted on the Internet at:

https://labor.ny.gov/workerprotection/laborstandards/pdfs/employee-scheduling-proposed-rule.pdf

The full rulemaking package will appear in the November 22, 2017 issue of the State Register, and will be subject to a comment period for 45 days from that publication date. You may submit a comment on this proposed regulation by sending an email addressed to hearing@labor.ny.gov.

The Department of Labor developed these regulations after conducting four hearings and receiving testimony. Information concerning these hearings is posted on the Internet at:

https://labor.ny.gov/workerprotection/laborstandards/oncallscheduling.shtm

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