Most fair-workweek and predictive-scheduling rules ask for about 14 days of notice and attach a premium to changes inside that window. The part owners miss: the window is counted shift by shift. A change you make ten days before Monday is late for Monday through Thursday and early for the weekend.
The built-in seven-person cafe, 10-hour rest gap, the same five Wednesday call-outs as the rebuild-or-patch page, each answered by rebuilding the whole week. We priced the other people's changed shifts at one hour of their own wage, inside a 14-day window, with the caller exempt (a change they asked for). Only the day you make the change differs.
| Who is out Wednesday | Others' shifts changed | Premium, changed 15 days out | 10 days out | 3 days out |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ana | 4 | $0 | $54 | $73 |
| Ben | 5 | $0 | $55 | $93 |
| Dev | 10 | $0 | $88 | $174 |
| Fay | 7 | $0 | $50 | $118 |
| Gus | 4 | $0 | $68 | $68 |
Fifteen days out, nothing is owed. Ten days out, only shifts starting in the first four days of the week fall inside the window, so the premium is a third to a half smaller than at three days. By three days, the whole week is inside. Gus's changes are all early in the week, so he costs the same at 10 and 3 days. On this invented example the practical rule is: if you must rebuild, do it as early as possible, and look at which days the moved shifts land on before you press publish.
Commonly listed jurisdictions are Oregon, New York City, San Francisco, Seattle, Philadelphia, Chicago, Los Angeles, Berkeley, Emeryville and Evanston. Windows, premiums, industry coverage and exemptions differ and change. Use your city or state labor department, not this page.
In the roster builder's changes report (or --changes posted.csv --notice-hours 336 --premium-hours 1 on the command line), choose the roster you posted, say when you are making the change, and add the employee-requested people to the exempt list.
Each added, cancelled or moved shift is listed with its notice in hours, so you can see which ones sit just inside the window and could be left as they were.
In the model this page uses, to each shift: notice is counted from the moment you change the schedule to the start of the shift. A change made 10 days before Monday leaves Monday inside a 14-day window but Saturday and Sunday outside it. Your local rule may count differently, so read it.
Commonly listed are Oregon (the only state), New York City, San Francisco, Seattle, Philadelphia, Chicago, Los Angeles, Berkeley, Emeryville and Evanston. Most guides give 14 days of notice, with exceptions by industry and city. Lists differ and laws change, so confirm with your city or state labor department before relying on any of it.
No. You enter the notice window and the premium hours from the rule that applies to you, and the changes report prices them against the roster you posted. It is a planning aid, not legal advice.