Marches, demonstrations, civic unrest, attacks by law enforcement and the military on protesting civilians: The parallels between the summer of 1932 and what is happening currently are striking.
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The International Labour Organization was founded in 1919 at the Treaty of Versailles after the ravages of pandemic and world war. Its model offers a way forward for us now.
The four-day work week is an idea that should make it through the pandemic’s open policy window.
Low-wage workers are less likely than high-wage workers to have access to things like masks, hand sanitizer and training on how to prevent COVID-19 transmission.
Several economists predict joblessness will eventually surpass the 25% rate experienced in 1933.
There’s a disconnect between how many low-wage workers are being described, and what they’re experiencing on the ground.
Trump’s recent executive order to keep meat plants open is premised on a lie: that a meat shortage is a food shortage.
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.
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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, 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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Leiden University
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