Two former Walmart employees on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against the retail giant, claiming the company violated their rights to a predictable and regular schedule.
is a city law that gives workers in the covered industries the right to consistent hours so they can better plan and schedule their lives. The city law applies to relevant companies that have 250 or more employees and more than 30 locations, includingThe law requires companies to give workers two weeks’ notice of schedules, pay a premium if schedules are changed after that window, and offer available shifts to current workers instead of hiring new ones.
City Councilmember Helen Gym, who introduced the bill along with seven co-sponsors in 2018, said the lawsuit shows that Philadelphia workers have rights that will be protected. “These abusive practices impacted people when they were not on the job,” Gym said. “This was not about work being done on the job. This was about certain practices by employers who should know better and can do better, were impacting lives when they were not on the job.”
According to a Community Legal Services statement, Wilder also endured abrupt and unpredictable schedule changes. Her situation came to a head when Wilder had to work while pregnant in 2020, being pushed to work more hours without enough rest. She too often found it difficult for her to arrange childcare for her toddler because of her work hours.
Washington told his manager at Walmart several times that he needed a schedule that wasn’t so erratic and that it was becoming difficult for him to balance his home life and plan ahead. But his complaints fell on deaf ears, he said, and he continued to put up with the situation because he needed to provide for his son.“I didn’t know what they were doing wasn’t the right thing to do. Honestly I needed the job. That was my main priority: to take care of my son,” he said.
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