Oregon Employee Scheduling Initiative (2018)
| Oregon Employee Scheduling Initiative | |
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| Election date November 6, 2018 | |
| Topic Labor and unions and Business regulation | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type State statute | Origin Citizens |
The Oregon Employee Scheduling Initiative was not on the ballot in Oregon as an initiated state statute on November 6, 2018.
The measure would have created laws governing the scheduling of employee shifts. Some of the laws would have applied to all employers, while other laws would only apply to certain employers with 50 or more employees. The measure would have created the following laws for all employers and employees:[1]
- (a) Employers would be required to pay employees for a minimum of four hours or the number of hours in the employee's scheduled shift, whichever is less, for a shift canceled less than 24 hours before.
- (b) Employers would be prohibited from retaliating against employees for exercising rights provided under this initiative or asking about this initiative.
- (c) Employers would be required to provide written notice of this initiative to each employee.
- (d) Employers would be required to maintain records that document their compliance with this initiative.
- (e) Employees would be able to file complaints against their employers for violating this initiative with the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries.
The measure would have created the following laws for retail, hospitality, or food-service employers with 50 or more employees:[1]
- (a) Employers would provide employees with good faith estimates of the employee's work schedule or change to work schedule.
- (b) Employers would be required to provide employees with work schedules at least 14 days prior.
- (c) Employers would not be allowed to require back-to-back shifts without the consent or request of employees.
- (d) Employers would be required to compensate employees for each employer-requested change to their work schedules.
Text of measure
Full text
Petitioners filed two versions of this initiative. The full text is available for Initiative Petition 23 and Initiative Petition 24.
Path to the ballot
Jeff Anderson filed two versions of the proposal with the Oregon secretary of state. Both versions were filed on May 25, 2017.[2] Oregon requires that 1,000 signatures be submitted before a ballot title is drafted.
Petitioners were required to collect 88,184 valid signatures to get their initiated state statute on the ballot. Signatures for initiatives needed to be submitted four months prior to the election on November 6, 2018, which was July 6, 2018.
The measure reached a certain stage in the initiative process but ultimately failed to qualify for the ballot.
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