SB 1327 Summary

• Establishes employee scheduling rights for work shifts, including minimum four-hour pay requirements when employees are called in but not scheduled to work full shifts, and compensation for schedule changes made with less than 24 hours notice.

• Requires large retail, hospitality, and food service employers (100+ employees nationwide and 25+ in Arizona) to provide 14 days advance written notice of work schedules, good faith estimates of hours, and compensation for employer-initiated schedule changes.

• Mandates large employers engage in interactive process to accommodate employee requests for schedule changes based on serious health conditions, caregiving responsibilities, education, or other specified reasons, unless a bona fide business reason exists.

• Requires large employers to offer additional available hours to existing employees before hiring external candidates or temporary workers, with written notice posted for at least three days.

• Prohibits retaliation against employees for asserting rights under the chapter and establishes civil penalties of $500 for first violations and $1,000 for subsequent violations within ten years, enforced by the Industrial Commission of Arizona.