Time Theft in the Los Angeles Retail Sector: The Need for New Labor Standards and a Fair Workweek

We argue that employers subject workers to time theft by controlling workers’ time—both on and off the clock. Time theft considers employer control of workers’ time without the promise of pay through unstable scheduling practices as well as beyond their scheduled work hours. We develop a typology of...

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Published inLabor studies journal Vol. 47; no. 1; pp. 28 - 55
Main Authors Sharma, Preeti, Stepick, Lina, Shadduck-Hernández, Janna, Waheed, Saba
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.03.2022
SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
Subjects
Employers
Employment policies
Labor law
Labor movements
Labor standards
Professional training
Theft
Time
Workers
Workers' rights
Working hours
Los Angeles California
United States > US
time theft
work hours
workers’ rights
labor law
unstable scheduling
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Summary:We argue that employers subject workers to time theft by controlling workers’ time—both on and off the clock. Time theft considers employer control of workers’ time without the promise of pay through unstable scheduling practices as well as beyond their scheduled work hours. We develop a typology of time theft through a discussion of survey and workshop data with retail workers in Los Angeles. We underscore how federal labor law is inadequate to address unstable scheduling and we discuss retail worker organizing and the implications of time theft for labor policy and worker movements.
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ISSN:0160-449X
1538-9758
DOI:10.1177/0160449X211033664