Chicago's Fair Workweek Ordinance MCC Ch. 1-25 requires 14 days' advance schedules for covered industries. It applies to employers with 100+ workers globally and employees earning under $50K salary or $30 hourly.
Effective July 2020, MCC Ch. 1-25 covers retail, food service, restaurants, hotels, building services, healthcare, manufacturing, and warehousing employers with at least 100 employees worldwide (250 for restaurants). Covered workers earn $30/hour or less or under $56,381 annually (indexed). Employers must post schedules 14 days in advance, pay one hour predictability pay for changes, give workers right to decline shifts beginning fewer than 10 hours after the prior one (or earn 1.25x time), and offer additional hours to existing part-time staff first. BACP Office of Labor Standards investigates complaints and orders restitution.
Predictability-pay restitution to affected workers and fines of $300 to $500 per offense per worker under MCC 1-25-090. Retaliation triggers separate $1,000 fines and possible reinstatement orders.
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