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New research shows much of the information the apparel industry relies on to ensure factories comply with labor and safety laws is falsified or otherwise unreliable.
Are the best co-workers really the ones with four legs and a tail? Science says it depends.
As more and more Americans are laid off, employers have to consider the cost of letting their staff go.
The coronavirus pandemic is a stressful time for everyone. Here are some ways employers can help their employees through this crisis.
Employees working in startups may disproportionately suffer in the wake of the pandemic as their employers cut back to skeletal staffs or shutter their companies altogether.
Delivery workers and others who ensure most people don’t have to go outside for essential goods are creating what economic theorists call an uncompensated ‘positive externality.’
Service workers are some of the most at risk of both the coronavirus and financial woes.
It’s hard to keep up with what’s regarded as essential and non-essential services.
Plaintiffs in age discrimination cases often find it difficult to prove their cases. Now, a Supreme Court case could further undermine workplace protections available to victims.
If government and business collaborate with workers, a scholar of labor relations writes, current economic problems could get less severe, the recovery smoother and lasting prosperity more likely.
A workplace scholar addresses some common questions workers may have about taking time off due to COVID-19.
A reduction in OSHA inspectors may lead to a reduction in workplace safety.
Unemployment insurance could soften the blow if the COVID-19 outbreak takes hold in the US. But the system currently isn’t designed to help workers in a pandemic.
The more businesses encourage their employees to sleep well, the better their employees perform.
Co-working spaces have become popular since they were created in 2005, allowing self-employed workers to have a professional space outside an office and avoid isolation. But does it really work?
The technician who gave you that shiny manicure may be inhaling dangerous levels of toxic chemicals on the job.
Three federal public policy changes impacting employed and contingent workers could significantly buffer anticipated impacts of automation, Artificial Intelligence and a changing economy.
The odds are stacked against the striking workers at General Motors. A sociologist who’s studied the decline of the US auto industry explains why.
Hillary Clinton arguably lost in 2020 because she took workers for granted. Will Democrats make the same mistake again?
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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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Professor, Labour Studies, Brock University
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Professor and Director of Labor and Employment Studies, San Francisco State University
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