"The rallying cry for millions of fast food and retail workers is $15 an hour. But, low pay isn’t the only occupational hazard that baristas, servers, and cashiers face. These workers also contend with work schedules that are unstable and unpredictable." Shift Co-Directors Daniel Schneider and Kristen Harknett wrote this blog piece for the American Sociological Association's Work in Progress.
Shift Co-Director Kristen Harknett was interviewed for UCSF's Science of Caring. Kristen discussed The Shift Project's mission to build a large-scale dataset that allows researchers to better understand the impact of unstable work schedules on families.
Research by Shift co-directors Danny Schneider and Kristen Harknett was featured in a Fast Company piece on scheduling. The article draws on a recent paper, "Consequences of Routine Work-Schedule Instability for Worker Health and Well-Being," which explored associations between work schedules and sleep quality, distress, and overall happiness.
Drawing on Schneider and Harknett's new paper, "Consequences of Routine Work-Schedule Instability for Worker Health and Well-Being," this MarketWatch piece discusses the scheduling challenges faced by retail sector workers. "The bar is already so low for retail workers when it comes to how their schedules are designed," writes reporter Jacob Passy, "that something as simple as not having a shift cancelled can make a huge difference."
The Washington Center for Equitable Growth's Alix Gould-Werth wrote this blog piece summarizing key findings in Schneider and Harknett's paper, "Consequences of Routine Work-Scheduling Instability for Worker Health and Well-Being."
"Focusing on wages and employment misses a large part of what makes for a good job and a good life: control over one’s time." Shift co-directors Daniel Schneider and Kristen Harknett wrote this opinion piece for The Hill to coincide with the release of their new paper, "Consequences of Routine Work-Schedule Instability for Worker Health and Well-Being," published in the American Sociological Review.
With post-holiday workforce reduction in full swing, thousands of retail workers face layoffs in a sector already plagued by temporal precarity. Shift co-directors Danny Schneider and Kristen Harknett discuss the economic and psychological hardships associated with unstable and unpredictable work schedules.
On December 6, the City Council of Philadelphia joined Oregon, New York City, Seattle, San Francisco, and Emeryville (CA) in passing secure scheduling legislation for low-wage service sector workers. The bill, which passed by a vote of 14-3, was proposed by City Council member Helen Gym and heartily supported by local advocates. The law will go into effect in January 2020. Shift's Philadelphia research brief, cited in this piece by Vice's Munchies, helped to inform the policy debate leading up to the Council's vote.
It's Black Friday, and the Center for American Progress's Pat Garofalo says today is "just the tip of the iceberg" when it comes to scheduling in the retail sector. This piece highlights Shift data from Philadelphia.
As Black Friday approaches, some companies are responding to a tight labor market by offering existing part-time workers more hours. The Society for Human Resource Management highlights Shift research in this piece on holiday staffing woes.
