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The president says he’s fighting his trade war because a generation of free trade has failed working-class Americans. An economist explains why tariffs will only make things worse.
And it doesn’t involve immigrant bashing. Quite the opposite.
Paramedics face traumatic situations every day. They need policies to ensure support is provided in the immediate aftermath of trauma, and early access to mental health care.
Global activism has played a big role in outlawing unpaid internships. Here’s how protests and social media shaming spurred negative media coverage of unpaid internships.
Courts have created three legal barriers that have made it much harder for workers to complain to their employers about sexual harassment.
A new generation of workers are joining trade unions and using social media to hold big employers to account.
Brexit could erode workers’ wages and conditions, particularly if the British government deregulates employment laws and undercuts EU standards.
The court narrowly ruled that employees who sign arbitration agreements can’t bring class action suits over unpaid wages.
Human Resources must adapt quickly to changes in the workplace to remain relevant and useful.
U.S. President Donald Trump’s move to crack down on temporary skilled workers is a terrible mistake that disproportionately harms women and people of colour.
Some say the gig economy is capitalism’s final victory, but maybe it’s not.
Work dominates many of our lives, often in ways that are detrimental to our health and well-being.
While disability carers are employed to work part-time hours, they often have long work days with short periods of work interspersed with non-work periods.
Research finds union members earn more because they have more experience than their non-union colleagues.
People on moderate incomes, including police and emergency workers, have been forced to seek housing on the city fringes, far from their places of work. But there are ways to reverse this trend.
Even with the most favourable laws, unions will still need to confront the reality of a dramatic transformation in the world of work.
Although over 200 CEOs have promised to share windfalls from the recent tax cut with their employers – something the president is likely to bring up in the State of the Union – research suggests workers aren’t holding their breath.
The Working Time Directive enshrines legal rights to rest periods, paid holidays and a maximum 48-hour working week.
Proposed changes to South Africa’s labour laws would make it almost impossible to strike and render the planned national minimum wage unenforceable.
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Professor of Management, Co-Director of the MIT Sloan Institute for Work and Employment Research, MIT Sloan School of Management
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Associate Professor of Markets, Public Policy and Law, Boston University
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Associate Professor of Law, University of Oregon
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Professor, Labour Studies, Brock University
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Affiliate Research Associate, School of Political and Social Sciences, University of Glasgow
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Professor and Director of Labor and Employment Studies, San Francisco State University
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Associate Professor of Strategic Management, UMass Lowell
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Associate Professor, University of Cape Town
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Associate Professor of Management, UMass Lowell
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Professor of Employment Relations & HR Management, University of Birmingham
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Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Arizona
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Venable Professor of Law, University of Baltimore
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Leiden University
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Professor of Business and Adjunct Professor of Political Science, Wayne State University
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Professor of Economics and Political Economy, University of Leeds
