In California and seven other states, and Washington, D.C., some hourly workers, by law, have to be compensated if they report to work only to have their shift cut short. But some hourly workers may not be receiving this pay, and if they are not, it’s often on the employees to call attention to the law, according to a University of California, Davis, study.
“Shift cuts undermine the well-being of workers and their families,” said Savannah Hunter, doctoral student in sociology and co-author of a new article published in the journal Social Forces. “The law may not be enforced consistently. We really need better support of labor in this country, generally.”
Ryan Finnigan, associate professor of sociology, and the lead author, said: “Places like San Francisco, Chicago, Philadelphia and Oregon recently implemented similar policies to improve the predictability and regularity of workers’ schedules. But we found that the enforcement process for these kinds of policies really needs to improve for them to be effective.” Finnigan is also a faculty affiliate with the UC Davis Center for Poverty and Inequality Research.
In a nationwide survey of over 1,000 hourly workers, only 4% knew they were covered by such a law, and only 17% of supervisors responding said they were aware of laws in their jurisdictions, Hunter said. In an informational session in California that Finnigan attended, he found that there was minimal information on the state’s reporting pay policy. The six-hour...
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