Tag: labor laws
Massachusetts could be the next state to get rid of the...
Jeannette Wicks-Lim, UMass Amherst and Jasmine Kerrissey, UMass Amherst
The federal minimum wage for tipped workers has stood at...
Why is free time still so elusive?
Gary Cross, Penn State
There have been massive gains in productivity over the past century.
So...
Why is free time still so elusive?
Gary Cross, Penn State
There have been massive gains in productivity over the past century.
So...
Unionized bodies in topless bar! Strippers join servers and baristas in...
John Logan, San Francisco State University
Dancers at the Star Garden Topless Dive Bar in Los Angeles have voted...
Research shows labor unions help lower the risk of poverty
Tom VanHeuvelen, University of Minnesota and David Brady, University of California, Riverside
The Research Brief is a short take...
Abolishing child labor took the specter of ‘white slavery’ and the...
Betsy Wood, Hudson County Community College
Today, U.S. laws and regulations bar kids under the age of 14 from working in most industries. Children under...
Why apparel brands’ efforts to police their supply chains aren’t working
Jason Judd, Cornell University and Sarosh Kuruvilla, Cornell University
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.
The big idea
For years, apparel brands...