You could simply just stop treating vacation time as a perk or something you earn and, instead, simply give everyone paid vacation time. It doesn't have to be

You could simply just stop treating vacation time as a perk or something you earn and, instead, simply give everyone paid vacation time. It doesn't have to be expensive: Norway collects taxes in a way that means you basically fund your own vacation: The downside is that you don't get that money if you didn't work last year, but there is a push to fix that. And I completely agree about scheduling: Employers should pay extra for changing a schedule in too short of a frame. Yes, this also means that everyone might get paid extra for releasing the schedule too late. I'd also add that everyone should have the right to work contracts. At a minimum, it'd state how to break the contract (fair notice, both sides, exceptions apply), rate of pay, number of hours expected (even for salary workers), and a start date.