The City of Chicago has flirted with enacting a “Fair Workweek” ordinance, aimed at ensuring predictable work schedules for workers, for several years. While the ordinance failed to gain traction in its prior iterations, this time it has a powerful proponent in Mayor Lori Lightfoot, who has made passing the ordinance one of her priorities for her first 100 days in office.

If it passes, the ordinance will impose significant new regulatory obligations on day and temporary labor service agencies, hotels, restaurants, building services, healthcare facilities and programs, manufacturers, airports, warehouses, retail employers, and childcare providers. The Chicago City Council may vote on the measure as early as June 12, 2019.

The full text of the ordinance is available here: O2019-3928 (1)

Visit this link for a detailed summary of the ordinances’s requirements.

Mayor Lightfoot’s first 100-day agenda also includes a proposal to increase the minimum wage in Chicago to $15 per hour by 2021. Illinois recently adopted legislation to increase the state minimum wage to $15 per hour, but that increase will not take full effect until 2025.