This Law Firm Publication by Jackson Lewis LLP discusses a new San Francisco ordinance passed by the city's Board of Supervisors that grants parents and caretakers employed in San Francisco the "right to request" flexible or predictable work schedules. The mayor is expected to sign the ordinance into law. The ordinance applies to employers with a minimum of twenty employees, and allows employees to request alterations to work schedules to better meet caregiving responsibilities. Employers are required to consider and respond to requests within a set time frame. The ordinance prohibits adverse action based on an employee's caretaker status and retaliation against an employee who exercises rights under the ordinance. It was passed to deter families from fleeing San Francisco, which has the nation's lowest percentage of children among major cities. The ordinance will take effect in January 2014.