Seattle To Force Businesses to Give Two Weeks Notice on Work Schedule Changes

It's called secure scheduling, and it's likely to stand Seattle business climate on it's ear.

Seattle Mayor Ed Murray expects the council to approve this idea later in August. It's the latest brainchild of the City Council, who reportedly met with citizens groups and others.

Provided the businesses have over 500 employees worldwide, are a fast-food business, and full-service restaurants with over 500 workers or 40 establishments worldwide will be required to give workers 14 days notice if their schedule will be changing from the general pattern of days and hours they have been working.

The plan will also force businesses to offer "right to rest" hours, on-call pay, and even money for workers who's hours have been cut.

The city claims they spend countless hours meeting with all the parties involved, including business owners. But we're pretty sure they relied mostly upon the so-called 'experts' they say told them this idea would work.

The city plans to use it's newly created Office of Labor Standards to enforce the policies.