Report: Abercrombie decides on-call isn’t cool

New Albany, Ohio – Specialty chain Abercrombie & Fitch Inc. tries to stay on the edge of cool, and has reportedly decided that on-call shifts are no longer what the cool retailers are doing. According to the Associated Press, Abercrombie will end its requirement for employees in New York stores to be available for short-notice shifts by the end of the year.

Abercrombie is ending the requirement in New York in response to a complaint the New York attorney general’s office issued in Aoril, saying the on-call shift practice violated state labor laws. New York employees will instead get at least a week’s notice of their scheduled shifts. Longer-term, Abercrombie intends to stop requiring on-call shifts at stores across the country.