Starbucks Workers, Know your Rights!
Baristas and fast food workers united together and won fair work week laws guaranteeing:
- Stable schedule that doesn't change every week.
- Consistent hours that can't be reduced by 15% or more.
- That Starbucks must respect your availability.
- Open shifts be permanently offered to current workers before new people are hired.
- Extra pay and a right to say no to "Clopenings".*
- Protection against termination or lay off without a legitimate reason. (See "Just Cause Protections" below.)
- Protection against retaliation for anyone that exercises their rights under this law.
Just Cause Protections
- Starbucks cannot terminate you without just cause. Reducing hours by more than 15% without a legitimate business reason is considered an unlawful termination.
That is, once you have passed a probationary 30 day period and, except for egregious misconduct, Starbucks:
- Can only terminate underperforming workers after retraining and giving them multiple disciplinary warnings within a year.
- Must give a written explanation of any termination or reduction of hours by more than 15%.**
- Cannot force layoffs without a legitimate economic reason and, if layoffs must occur, they must be done by seniority.**
Advanced Notice of Work Week Schedules
Starbucks must post work schedules two weeks in advance and must pay a premium for any last minute changes.
You have the right to say no to these changes.
| If Notice is Less Than: | Employer Cut Hours |
Employer Adds Hours or Changes Shift |
|---|---|---|
|
24 Hours Notice |
$75 |
$15 |
|
1 Weeks Notice |
$45 |
$15 |
|
2 Weeks Notice |
$20 |
$10 |
*Clopenings are back-to-back closing and opening shifts with fewer than 11 hours between. Starbucks is required to pay an extra $100 for this type of shift.
**Effective 7/4/21.
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