Retail: 72 hours notice. No on-call shifts.
NYC's Retail Fair Workweek law applies to retail employers with 20+ employees in NYC. Schedules must be posted at least 72 hours in advance — much shorter than fast food's 14 days. On-call shifts (where workers must be available without guaranteed work) are entirely prohibited. Retail workers also have rights to refuse cancelled or new shifts within 72 hours.
NYC Retail Fair Workweek
Auto-detects retail employer coverage (20+ NYC employees). Enforces 72-hour advance schedule posting. Blocks on-call shifts at config time. Protects worker right to refuse late-notice changes.
What the rule does for retail scheduling.
The hero card configuration: Block on late publish, Block on on-call. Here's what each does at runtime.
When a retail employer attempts to publish a schedule with less than 72 hours advance notice, Teambridge blocks the publish. Late changes still possible — but require worker consent and trigger predictability protections.
On-call shifts (where worker must be available without guaranteed work) are prohibited under NYC retail rules. Attempts to create on-call shifts fail at config time.
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72-hour schedules. No on-call. No last-minute additions.
NYC's retail rules are tighter on certain practices than fast food (no on-call at all) but more lenient on advance notice (72 hours vs. 14 days). The mismatch reflects different operational realities.
Coverage: 20+ NYC employees in retail
Retail employers with 20+ employees in NYC are covered. 'Retail' is broadly defined — sales of consumer goods at any establishment. Excludes restaurants (covered separately by Hospitality Wage Order), grocery stores under specific conditions, and certain professional services.
72-hour advance schedule
Schedules must be posted at least 72 hours before the first shift. Both posted at the workplace AND provided to each worker. The schedule includes dates, times, locations, and assigned roles.
Teambridge enforces 72-hour rules and structurally blocks on-call.
Retail FWW is structurally simpler than fast food (fewer numerical thresholds) but the on-call prohibition is unique. Teambridge handles each at the right moment.
20+ NYC retail employees.
Retail employers configured with 20+ NYC employees get Retail FWW rules applied. Sub-threshold employers operate without these specific rules but still subject to general NY labor law.
Schedule lock 72 hours pre-shift.
When a manager publishes a retail schedule, the 72-hour clock starts. Late publish or modifications within 72 hours require worker consent and trigger documentation.
Cannot be configured.
On-call shift configuration is structurally disabled for covered retail employers. Workers always assigned to specific shifts with specific hours.
Late-notice declines logged, never disciplinary.
When a worker declines a shift offered with less than 72 hours notice, the decline is logged but never triggers performance flags or discipline. Retaliation protections enforced by structure.
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