Abercrombie & Fitch has agreed to end its use of “on-call” scheduling, which forces workers to put their lives on hold and come into work on short notice. Banning this practice would be a good thing for a presidential candidate to promise, and then do. http://gawker.com/end-on-call-pa…

New York attorney general Eric Schneiderman is investigating more than a dozen major retailers, including Target, Gap, and Sears, for their use of "on call" scheduling, which can essentially hold employees hostage to the employer's scheduling whims.