Andy to set new regs on work skeds

ALBANY — Gov. Cuomo plans to announce sweeping new worker scheduling rules Friday that call for employers to set employees’ schedules two weeks in advance, the Daily News has learned.

The new regulations stop short of prohibiting what’s known as on-call scheduling but require most hourly workers to receive an extra two hours of minimumwage pay for assignments received without two weeks’ notice.

They also require employers to pay at least four hours for shifts that are canceled within 72 hours of their start time.

Cuomo said the new regulations “will increase fairness for workers and allow employers to retain flexibility.”

The statewide regulations would supersede measures enacted by the city earlier this year that require two weeks’ notice for fast-food workers and end on-call scheduling for all retail workers.

Heather Briccetti, president of the Business Council of New York State, slammed the proposed regulations, which are likely to be adopted early next year, as “yet another administrative and financial hurdle” for employers.