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How on-call and irregular scheduling harm the American workforce

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imageAbercrombie says it will no longer require employees to be constantly on call. Reuters

As we head into the holiday weekend, many of us know with certainty what days and hours we’ll be working over the coming week. We’ll enjoy September 7 in honor of Labor Day and then return to our offices first thing Tuesday...

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