NYC Fair Workweek Law
14-day advance notice, $300-$500 predictability pay per change, $2,000 penalty per violation per employee — the most enforced ordinance nationally.
The most rigorous Fair Workweek exposure audit a multi-location operator can run.
ScheduleShield assembles a documentation-complete exposure audit and compliance-defense pack — every jurisdiction-specific advance-notice window, every premium-pay formula, every required backpay calculation, and the enforcement-ready file — checked against the letter of each applicable ordinance before a specialist releases it.
Every applicable Fair Workweek ordinanceJurisdiction-specific advance-notice & premium-pay formulasDHSMV · USCG · UCC · judgment lien searchesSpecialist release on every pack5-business-day SLA
Why audits fail
A single miscalculated premium-pay window can trigger a six-figure settlement.
A multi-location operator's Fair Workweek exposure is only as strong as the audit behind it. Miss a jurisdiction's specific advance-notice requirement, apply the wrong premium-pay formula, overlook a newly enacted ordinance, or fail to flag a systemic violation pattern — and the operator faces a settlement that can reach eight figures, as Chipotle ($20M), Starbucks ($38.9M), and Trader Joe's ($750K in 2026 alone) have learned.
Most operators run this by hand, from memory, once or twice a year. The ordinances have not been read end-to-end since the last time it mattered. That is exactly where exposure gaps hide.
ScheduleShield exists to close that gap with a single, exhaustive standard applied identically to every file.
$38.9M
Starbucks NYC Fair Workweek settlement — the largest worker-protection settlement in NYC history
The benchmark
Measured against the letter of each ordinance — subsection by subsection.
We do not summarize the law and hope. Every audit is scored against a versioned rule pack tied to the exact text of each applicable Fair Workweek ordinance. These are the provisions each pack is held to.
Seattle Secure Scheduling Ordinance
14-day advance notice, premium pay for schedule changes, right to rest between shifts, and access to hours for part-time workers.
Chicago Fair Workweek Ordinance
10-day advance notice, $200-$500 predictability pay per change, and a private right of action.
Philadelphia Fair Workweek Ordinance
10-day advance notice, $300-$500 predictability pay per change, and a private right of action — enforced via class actions.
California Predictive Scheduling (Los Angeles, San Francisco, Berkeley, Emeryville)
14-day advance notice, premium pay for schedule changes, and a private right of action under the Labor Code.
Oregon Fair Workweek Law
14-day advance notice, premium pay for schedule changes, and a private right of action — the only statewide law as of 2026.
How an audit is built
Intake to specialist release, with deterministic gates the AI cannot overrule.
AI extracts and drafts. Deterministic rules — running as code, outside the model — decide what is complete. A human specialist signs every release. That order is never reversed.
01
Exposure Gap Scan
Upload your scheduling, timekeeping, and POS data. We return a free completeness read: which jurisdictions apply, which data elements you already have, and which are missing.
02
Data normalization & jurisdiction mapping
As your authorized clerical agent, we normalize your WFM/POS exports and map each location to its applicable Fair Workweek ordinance(s), corroborated across sources.
03
Grounded calculation
The backpay exposure estimate is computed from your validated data and the jurisdiction-specific rule pack into field-locked templates — no legal opinions, no invented facts.
04
Deterministic completeness gates
Advance-notice windows are verified; premium-pay formulas are reconciled to the ordinance to the penny; the search checklist is resolved; SCRA is screened. Any failure blocks release.
05
Specialist release
A compliance specialist reviews the exception queue and signs the release. High-exposure or multi-jurisdiction audits route to attorney review first.
06
Delivery
You receive the pack: exposure audit report, backpay remediation file, enforcement-ready compliance-defense file, and the jurisdiction-specific calendar — ready for the operator to use in negotiations or disclosure.
The bar we hold
Rigor you can measure.
100%
Specialist-released
No pack ships without a human signature.
5 days
Standard SLA
From complete intake to released pack.
<1%
Critical-defect target
Tracked against a gold-standard pack library.
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Jurisdictions covered
Every binding Fair Workweek ordinance as of 2026, updated quarterly.
Why ScheduleShield
Built to be the most thorough option an operator has.
Documentation-complete, by design
The deliverable is completeness itself — every jurisdictional element and calculation accounted for or explicitly exception-coded. Nothing is left implicit.
Deterministic, not vibes
The gates that decide completeness are code, not a model's opinion. A calculation error cannot slip past a statutory requirement.
In its lane, on purpose
We prepare documentation and run calculations as your clerical agent. We never contact employees, give legal advice, or conduct the settlement.
Engagement
Flat fee, per released audit. No contingency, ever.
Simple, predictable, and aligned with a documentation standard — not a cut of any recovery.
- A free Exposure Gap Scan before you commit — see exactly what is missing.
- One flat fee per released Exposure Audit & Compliance Defense Pack; disclosed pass-through data-normalization fees.
- Optional fixed-fee attorney review for high-exposure or multi-jurisdiction audits.
- Optional Annual Monitoring Subscription for jurisdiction-rule updates and ongoing compliance checks.
FAQ
Questions, answered precisely.
Is ScheduleShield a law firm?
No. ScheduleShield, a service of Your Deputy, Obuke LLC, provides documentation-completeness services. It is not a law firm, does not provide legal advice, and does not represent you in any legal matter. Attorney review is available and recommended for high-exposure or multi-jurisdiction audits.
Do you contact employees or conduct the settlement?
Never. ScheduleShield is not a debt collector and does not contact employees or claimants. The operator remains the party responsible for any voluntary self-disclosure, backpay remediation, or settlement.
What makes an audit 'complete'?
Completeness is defined by each applicable ordinance: the correct advance-notice window, premium-pay formula, backpay calculation, and enforcement-ready documentation. Deterministic gates enforce each one before release.
How fast is it?
The standard SLA is five business days from complete intake to a specialist-released pack. The free Gap Scan is returned much sooner and tells you exactly what is still needed.
How are you priced?
A flat fee per released audit, plus disclosed pass-through data-normalization costs. No contingency and no percentage of any recovered amount or settlement proceeds.
See what's missing before it costs you a settlement.
Start with a free Exposure Gap Scan. Send your scheduling, timekeeping, and POS data and we'll return a completeness read against every applicable Fair Workweek ordinance.
Documentation-completeness service · not legal advice · the operator runs every audit.