Labor Schedule Stability
Topic Schedule Stability

Over the past several decades, employers have used new developments in scheduling software to implement “just-in-time” schedules, canceling or creating shifts with little notice in response to changes in product shipments, customer traffic, and even weather. These scheduling practices shift the risk of doing business away from firms and onto U.S. workers and their families. Equitable Growth is working to build the evidence base on how these scheduling practices—and the interventions designed to curb them—affect workers, their families, and the economy as a whole, and what measures can be put into place to provide schedule stability.

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Automated and algorithmic management is already here, invisibly shaping job quality for U.S. workers

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New research explains how better-quality work schedules increase U.S. retail workers’ productivity and store profits

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New research shows unstable schedules do not offer more flexibility for U.S. workers

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Factsheet: Six frequently asked questions about schedule quality and Fair Workweek laws across the United States

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Unboxing scheduling practices for U.S. warehouse workers

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How U.S. workers’ just-in-time schedules perpetuate racial and ethnic inequality

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The impact of scheduling practices: a case study of the Gap

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For families, concern is not enough

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What does the research show about the need for fair work scheduling legislation in the United States?

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A research roundup on unpredictable schedules in the United States

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Valuing alternative work arrangements

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Millions of Americans are stuck in part-time jobs

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On-call job, on-call family: The necessity of family support among retail workers with unstable work schedules

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Are employees willing to forgo pay for better work schedules?

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Are unpredictable schedules harming U.S. workers’ health?

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Taking a look at unpredictable schedules

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Working by the hour: The economic consequences of unpredictable scheduling practices

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Schedule stability study

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