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H.R. 6670 117th Congress House

Schedules That Work Act

Official title: To permit employees to request changes to their work schedules without fear of retaliation and to ensure that employers consider these requests, and to require… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To permit employees to request changes to their work schedules without fear of retaliation and to ensure that employers consider these requests, and to require employers to provide more predictable and stable schedules for employees in certain occupations with evidence of unpredictable and unstable scheduling practices that negatively affect employees, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 9, 2022 Introduced by: Rosa L. DeLauro Democratic · Connecticut See on congress.gov
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Nov 1, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Feb 9, 2022
Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, Oversight and Reform, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Feb 9, 2022
Introduced in House
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Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.

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Schedules That Work Act

This bill provides employees with the right to request changes to their work schedules related to the number of hours they are required to work or be on call, the location of the work, the amount of notification about work schedule assignments, and fluctuations in work hours.

Employers must negotiate in good faith with employees who make such requests and comply with certain work schedule notice and split shift pay requirements for retail, food service, cleaning, hospitality, or warehouse employees.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • S 3642 Identical bill Schedules That Work Act
  • HR 5563 Reintroduced Bill Schedules That Work Act
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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 5
 Cosponsors 37
All 37 Democratic 23
D
Brown, Shontel M.
Ohio · Sep 14, 2022
 D
Lieu, Ted
California · Jul 26, 2022
 D
Huffman, Jared
California · Jul 14, 2022
 D
Chu, Judy
California · Jun 7, 2022
RYAN, TIM
· Jun 7, 2022
Jones, Mondaire
· Apr 18, 2022
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Apr 18, 2022
Newman, Marie
· Apr 18, 2022
Blumenauer, Earl
· Feb 28, 2022
Cicilline, David
· Feb 18, 2022
Kildee, Daniel
· Feb 18, 2022
 D
Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Feb 18, 2022
 D
Meng, Grace
New York · Feb 18, 2022
 D
Omar, Ilhan
Minnesota · Feb 18, 2022
 D
Beatty, Joyce
Ohio · Feb 9, 2022
 D
Bonamici, Suzanne
Oregon · Feb 9, 2022
Bowman, Jamaal
· Feb 9, 2022
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Feb 9, 2022
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Feb 9, 2022
 D
DeSaulnier, Mark
California · Feb 9, 2022
 D
Dingell, Debbie
Michigan · Feb 9, 2022
 D
Doggett, Lloyd
Texas · Feb 9, 2022
Eshoo, Anna
· Feb 9, 2022
 D
García, Jesús G. "Chuy"
Illinois · Feb 9, 2022
 D
Jayapal, Pramila
Washington · Feb 9, 2022
Lawrence, Brenda
· Feb 9, 2022
Lee, Barbara
· Feb 9, 2022
Lowenthal, Alan
· Feb 9, 2022
MALONEY, CAROLYN
· Feb 9, 2022
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Feb 9, 2022
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Feb 9, 2022
 D
Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Feb 9, 2022
Porter, Katie
· Feb 9, 2022
Rice, Kathleen
· Feb 9, 2022
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Feb 9, 2022
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Torres, Ritchie
New York · Feb 9, 2022
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Underwood, Lauren
Illinois · Feb 9, 2022
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6670: Schedules That Work Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6670/
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"H.R. 6670: Schedules That Work Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6670/.
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H.R. 6670, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6670/.
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