Unstable Work Scheduling
When the Fair Labor Standards Act was passed in 1938 the concerns of the time centered on providing workers a minimum wage and overtime pay. While workers continue to face overwork and low wages, many workers face underwork and irregular and unstable work scheduling largely unregulated by federal labor policy.
My research examined the relationship between unstable work scheduling and workers’ perception of job insecurity. With Ryan Finnigan, we analyzed the effectiveness of state reporting pay policies designed to minimize the impact of shift cuts.
Publications:
Finnigan, Ryan and Savannah Hunter (2022). “Policy Regulation of Precarious Work Schedules and Bottom-Up Enforcement: An Evaluation of State Reporting Pay Polices.” Social Forces.
Media Coverage: Capradio UC Davis Curiosity
Policy Brief: UC Davis Center for Poverty and Inequality Research
Finnigan, Ryan and Savannah Hunter (2018). “Occupational Composition and Racial/Ethnic Inequality in Varying Work Hours in the Great Recession.” Research in the Sociology of Work 32:165-193.
Halpin, Brian, Hunter, Savannah and Ryan Finnigan (2018). “How Precarious Scheduling Hurts Workers – And What Can Be Done to Mitigate Problems.” Scholar Strategy Network Policy Brief.
Hunter, Savannah (2018). “Unstable Work Schedules and Earnings Volatility.” Poverty Facts. University of California, Davis Center for Poverty Research.