article_snippet.sent: Congress should help low-wage workers gain access to predictable work schedules.
article_snippet.sent: States and cities are enacting laws to address scheduling abuses.
article_snippet.sent: New York, Minnesota and Michigan previously introduced promising legislation.
article_snippet.sent: This ordinance limits how chain stores can alter chain stores employees' schedules.
article_snippet.sent: Too many people work in states with little protection.
article_snippet.sent: Last summer, The Schedules that Work Act was introduced in Congress.
article_snippet.sent: Conservatives should embrace this work-schedule legislation.
article_snippet.sent: Protecting shift workers is likewise good for business.
article_snippet.sent: Studies show that workers who exercise greater control over workers who exercise greater control over their hours hours are happier and more efficient.
article_snippet.sent: every family can start by passing legislation that better protects shift workers from arbitrary and unpredictable scheduling practices.