NY AG Probes 13 Retailers Over Staffing Practices (ANF)

New York attorney general Eric Schneiderman is taking a tougher stand on staffing practices for 13 major retailers. The AG is looking into whether or not the retailers make workers show up early or stay late with little to no notification.

The system, called "on-call" scheduling, allows the retailers to add staff during heavy times and cut staff when stores aren't as busy. Schneiderman is investigation to find out whether this breaks New York law.

On-call staffing is run by software, which bases its decision on real-time traffic and sales data. Schneiderman alleges that the system offers too little time to make arrangements for family needs, let alone to find an alternative source of income to compensate for the lost pay.

The companies and letters are listed below:

Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE: ANF), ANN, Inc. (NYSE: ANN), Burlington Stores (NYSE: BURL), Crocs (NASDAQ: CROX), Gap, Inc. (NYSE: GPS), JCPenney (NYSE: JCP), L Brands (NYSE: LB), Sears Holdings (NASDAQ: SHLD), Target (NYSE: TGT), TJX Cos. (NYSE: TJX), Urban Outfitters (NASDAQ: URBN), and Williams-Sonoma (NYSE: WSM).

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