Seattle, known for its employee-friendly ordinances, has passed a law regulating how large retailers, full-service restaurants, fast food restaurants, and coffee shops schedule and pay their hourly, non-exempt workers. Seattle is the second city, after San Francisco, to provide workers with scheduling protections. The new ordinance will add a new chapter 14.22 to the Seattle Municipal Code and will take effect July 1, 2017. Emeryville, California recently became the third city to enact similar measures, and several other cities are considering following suit, including Washington D.C.; New York, New York; and Albuquerque, New Mexico... Continue Reading