Contesting the Gig Economy: #SchedulesThatWork

Figart, Deborah M.

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-59779-9_4

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“…Recently, a coalition of workers, organizers, and unions have advanced a legislative agenda related to the temporal dimension of precarious work. This policymaking is focused on unstable and unpredictable work hours (Figart 2017). Under the mantle of "fair scheduling" and "secure scheduling," this coalition has successfully pressed for the passage of laws to regulate scheduling practices in San Francisco, CA; Emeryville, CA; Seattle, WA; New York, NY; and the state of Oregon (Wolfe et al 2018).…”

Section: The Policy Context: Regulating Precarious Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

Consequences of Routine Work-Schedule Instability for Worker Health and Well-Being

2019

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From the 1970s through the 2010s, the U.S. labor market experienced a pronounced risk shift from employers to employees, characterized by an increase in job insecurity as well as retrenchment in employer-provided health insurance, retirement plans, and other fringe benefits (Cappelli 1999; Kalleberg 2009; Pugh 2015). During this period, U.S. workers experienced increasingly precarious employment and higher levels of economic insecurity (Hacker 2006; Jacoby 2001). At the same time, the social safety net became a less reliable and less sufficient source of fallback support for low-wage or unemployed workers, and household resources were further stretched by a rise in single-parent families (Breen 1997). Against this backdrop, the rise in precarious employment could have major implications for workers' health and wellbeing (Kalleberg 2018). The dramatic increases in the disability, morbidity, and mortality of working-class and less educated

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Section: The Policy Context: Regulating Precarious Workmentioning

confidence: 99%