Gainey Law, PLLC Seattle Employment Law Attorney

Office of Labor Standards Reaches its Largest Settlement under Secure Scheduling Law: Jack in the Box Franchises to Pay Over $172,000 to 569 Seattle Workers Seattle, WA - (September 16, 2019)  - The Office of Labor Standards (OLS) announces its largest settlement under the Secure Scheduling Ordinance since the law took effect on July 1, 2017. The settlement agreement calls for a total financial remedy of $172,619.00 to be paid out to 569 affected employees of Pars Group, LLC and Northwest Food Management Group Inc, which operate nine “Jack in the Box” stores in Seattle. OLS alleged the employer failed to properly post employee work schedules fourteen days in advance of work shifts; in addition, it allegedly did not pay premium pay for late work schedule changes and for back-to-back closing/opening shifts, known as “clopening” shifts. “Scheduling is very important to me. It’s difficult to juggle changing shifts. You have to separate your personal time from your work sche...