1. Short title; findings (a) Short title This Act may be cited as the Schedules That Work Act . (b) Findings Congress finds the following: (1) The vast majority of the United States workforce today is juggling responsibilities at home and at work. Women are primary breadwinners or co-breadwinners in 2/3 of families with children in the United States. (2) Despite the dual responsibilities of today's workforce, many workers have little notice of their work schedules and lack the ability to make changes to the work hours in such schedules, which undermines their ability to accommodate family responsibilities. (3) (A) Mothers working in low-paid jobs are more likely to be the primary or sole breadwinner for their families than mothers working in higher-paid jobs. For example, nearly 7 in 10 mothers in the 1/5 of households in the United States with the lowest incomes bring home all or most of their families’ income, compared to less than 1/3 of their counterparts in the highest-income quintile. (B) At the same time, low-paid workers often have the least control over their work hours and face the most unpredictable schedules. In some industries, just-in-time scheduling practices, which base workers' schedules on perceived consumer demand to minimize labor costs, are particularly common. Employers using these practices often post work schedules with little notice, vary work hours widely from week to week, cancel shifts at the last minute, and schedule employees for on call shifts (requiring an employee to call in to work to find out whether the employee will have to work later that day) or clopening shifts (requiring an employee to work a closing shift at night followed by an opening shift a few hours later). For example, national survey data show that— (i) about 2/3 of hourly retail and food service workers receive their work schedules with less than 2 weeks’ advance notice and about 1/3 receive their schedule with less than 1 week’s notice