Worker Scheduling Preemption
Employment Preemption
State limits on local "predictive scheduling" or "fair workweek" ordinances that would require advance notice of shifts.
How Worker Scheduling Preemption Rules Differ by Place
Seattle, WA: Secure Scheduling Ordinance
Heavy RestrictionsSeattle's Secure Scheduling Ordinance SMC 14.22 requires large retail and food-service employers (500+ employees worldwide; 40+ for full-service restaurants) to give 14 days advance…
San Diego, CA: No Local Fair Workweek; Fast-Food Council Sets State Rules
Few RestrictionsSan Diego has not adopted a Fair Workweek predictive-scheduling ordinance. California AB-1228 created a statewide Fast Food Council setting wages and standards for fast-food chains…
San Francisco, CA: Formula Retail Predictive Scheduling
Few RestrictionsSan Francisco's Formula Retail Employee Rights Ordinances (Police Code Art. 33G/33H, Ord. 270-14) require chain retailers and food-service formula businesses to post schedules 14 days…
Arlington, TX: Predictive scheduling preempted statewide
Few RestrictionsArlington cannot mandate predictive scheduling, advance shift notice, or predictability pay. Texas HB 2127 preempts local labor regulation, leaving scheduling rules entirely to private…
Los Angeles County, CA: No Countywide Predictive Scheduling Rule
Some RestrictionsLA County has no general predictive-scheduling ordinance for unincorporated areas. California AB-1228 governs fast-food workers via the statewide Fast Food Council, and statewide…
Los Angeles, CA: Fair Workweek Predictive Scheduling for Retail
Some RestrictionsLA's Fair Workweek Ordinance 187534 (LAMC §185.00) requires retail employers with 300 or more workers to give 14-day advance schedules, predictability pay for changes, and right of…
Worker Scheduling Preemption Rules by State
Statewide law governs this topic in many states. Each entry links to that state's full page.
District of Columbia
Light RestrictionsThe District has no fair-workweek or predictive-scheduling law, but employers must pay one extra hour at minimum wage for any split shift and guarantee at least four hours of…
Florida
Few RestrictionsFlorida Statute 509.032(7) and broader employment preemption framework prevent local governments from requiring private employers to follow predictive or fair-scheduling rules beyond…
Georgia
Some RestrictionsGeorgia preempts local predictable scheduling and fair workweek ordinances, preventing cities and counties from regulating employer shift practices for private workers.
Kentucky
Some RestrictionsKentucky has no predictive scheduling law, and state preemption prevents local governments from adopting fair workweek or scheduling ordinances. Employers retain broad discretion to…
Michigan
Some RestrictionsMichigan's Local Government Labor Regulatory Limitation Act preempts local predictive scheduling and fair workweek ordinances under MCL 123.1387.
Missouri
Some RestrictionsMissouri RSMo 290.528 preempts local regulation of employer wages and employment benefits, so cities and counties cannot impose fair-workweek or predictive-scheduling mandates. There…
North Carolina
Few RestrictionsNorth Carolina has no statewide predictive scheduling law and effectively preempts local fair workweek or predictive scheduling ordinances through its Wage and Hour Act framework.
Ohio
Some RestrictionsOhio law preempts local predictive scheduling, fair workweek, and similar shift-notice ordinances, leaving employer scheduling unregulated by state mandate.
Oregon
Some RestrictionsORS 653.412 to 653.485 require large retail, food, and hospitality employers to provide advance schedules and predictability pay.
Tennessee
Some RestrictionsTennessee preempts local predictive scheduling and fair workweek ordinances under T.C.A. 50-2-112, preventing cities from regulating private employer scheduling practices.
Wisconsin
Some RestrictionsWisconsin preempts local predictive scheduling and fair workweek ordinances under Wis. Stat. 103.007, ensuring statewide uniformity for employer scheduling practices and forbidding…
Cities & Counties with Worker Scheduling Preemption Rules
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Other Employment Preemption Topics
Minimum Wage Preemption
Whether your state prevents cities from setting a higher local minimum wage, and what the statewide wage floor is.
Paid Leave Preemption
Whether your state blocks cities from mandating paid sick leave or paid family leave for private employers.
Grocery Worker Wage
Industry-specific minimum wages for grocery workers above the citywide floor, including covered chain sizes and emergency hazard-pay provisions.
Healthcare Worker Wage
CA SB-525 and equivalent local healthcare worker minimum wages, covered facilities, scheduled increases to $25/hr, and exemptions.
Fast-Food Predictable Scheduling
Fast-Food Council rules and city Fair Workweek ordinances applied to fast-food restaurants, advance notice, predictability pay, right-to-rest hours.