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Congress·In Committee·H.R. 6786

Rep. DeLauro Introduces Bill to Require 14-Day Advance Work Schedules for Hourly Workers

Schedules That Work Act

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Key Points

  • All employees at companies with 15+ workers gain the right to request changes to their hours, times, location, or schedule predictability. Employers must engage in a good-faith discussion and can only deny requests related to health, caregiving, education, or a second job for a specific "bona fide business reason."
  • Workers in retail, food service, cleaning, hospitality, and warehouse jobs must receive their work schedules at least 14 days in advance, in writing. Employers who fail to provide timely notice owe $75 per day to each affected employee. New hires must get their schedule on or before their first day.
  • Employers who change a covered worker's shift with less than 14 days' notice must pay "predictability pay" — one extra hour of regular pay for added or moved hours, and at least half the regular rate for each cancelled or reduced hour.

    From policy text

    “Not less than \1/2\ times the covered sector employee's regular rate of pay per hour for any hour that the employee is scheduled to work under subsection (a) and does not work due to the employer reducing or canceling such scheduled hours of work.”
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  • All employees at covered employers gain the right to decline any shift that starts less than 11 hours after their previous shift ended, without penalty. If they agree to work these close-together shifts, they must be paid at 1.5 times their regular rate.
  • The bill requires extra pay for split shifts (one additional hour at regular pay) and includes strong anti-retaliation protections. Employers face civil penalties of up to $5,000 per violation for retaliating against workers who exercise their rights.

    From policy text

    “subsection (b) or (c) of section 6 shall be subject to a civil penalty in an amount per violation that is not less than $1,100 and not more than $5,000.”
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  • Workers covered by a collective bargaining agreement that already addresses scheduling practices can be exempt from the bill's requirements, but only if the agreement expressly waives them. The bill also preserves any state or local laws that provide stronger protections.
Labor Employment

Impact Analysis

Personal Impact

Scores: 1 = low, 5 = highSentiment: -5 to +5 (net benefit)

State Impacts

Scores: 1 = low, 5 = highSentiment: -5 to +5 (net benefit)

Milestones

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Dec 17, 2025House

Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, Oversight and Government 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.

Dec 17, 2025

Introduced in House

What Happens Next

Projected impacts based on AI analysis

180 days after enactment

Department of Labor issues regulations to implement the new scheduling requirements

This is when the specific rules employers must follow would be finalized — including how predictability pay works, what counts as a bona fide business reason, and which additional occupations might be covered

90 days after enactment

Employers must provide covered workers with estimates of their minimum expected monthly hours

Workers already employed on the enactment date must receive a written estimate of their minimum monthly hours within 90 days, giving them a baseline to plan their budgets and schedules around

Source Information

Document Type

Congressional Bill

Official Title

Schedules That Work Act

Bill NumberHR 6786
Congress119th Congress
ChamberHouse of Representatives
Latest ActionReferred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, Oversight and Government 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.

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D: 50

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