Quick Hits

• Business groups recently filed letters of opposition to a Los Angeles City Council motion to expand the city’s fair workweek predictable scheduling ordinance to fast-food workers.
• The Los Angeles Fair Work Week Ordinance, which took effect in April 2023, applies to retailers with 300 or more employees globally that have employees who work in the City of Los Angeles at least two hours per workweek.
• On July 1, 2025, a Los Angeles County ordinance, which is almost a mirror image of the city’s proposed ordinance, will take effect.

The proposed ordinance would:

• apply to “fast food businesses,” defined as “all limited-service restaurants that are part of a national chain consisting of 50 or more locations nationally, including businesses that operate such restaurants pursuant to franchise agreements”; and
• include six hours of in-person training on workers’ rights provided by city-approved nonprofits or public organizations.

Key Takeaways

The motion has not yet been voted on, but an expansion of the ordinance to cover fast-food workers could be costly and burdensome to restaurants that operate in the city, the business groups noted in their opposition letter. Retailers in the City of Los Angeles are already operating pursuant to the Fair Work Week Ordinance, which significantly impacts operations.