Labor

After years of growing income inequality, concerns about technology-driven displacement of jobs, and rising societal discord globally, the combined health and economic shocks of 2020 have put economies into freefall, disrupted labour markets and fully revealed the inadequacies of our social contracts. We find ourselves at a defining moment: the decisions and choices we make today will determine the course of entire generations’ lives and livelihoods.

Automation, or the use of technology to perform tasks that were previously performed by humans, has been a topic of significant interest in economics due to its potential impact on labor demand.

Los Deliveristas / Worker's Justice Project and Cornell ILR’s Worker Institute released a new report titled, “Essential but Unprotected: App-based Food Couriers in New York City.” The report examines the harsh and unregulated working conditions of app-based delivery workers engaged by digital platforms.

A tight labor market tends to raise wages and lower unemployment, but an overly tight labor market can cause inflation. Labor market momentum, as measured by the Kansas City Fed Labor Market Conditions Indicators (LMCI), can signal whether the current level of activity in labor markets is inflationary.

New data and insights on how U.S. workers feel about remote, in-office, and hybrid work, employer expectations, and navigating the workplace in 2022.

Companies are already finding ways around New York City’s brand new pay transparency law, which went into effect on Nov. 1.

Starting Nov. 1, most employers in New York City will be required to list the salary range on all posted job ads, promotions and transfer opportunities. Experts say salary transparency will play a role in closing the wage gap.

“As we recover from the worst of the pandemic, we have an opportunity and the power to make workplaces engines for mental health and well-being,” Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said.

The gig is up… Yesterday the Labor Department announced a proposal that could classify millions of gig workers (think: delivery drivers, janitors,...

Thanks to touchscreens and the pandemic, tipflation is everywhere — and it’s hard to say no.

A proposed rule, long awaited by labor activists, would make it harder for companies to classify workers as independent contractors.

With the power of automation, our workers can win. Without it, they're in trouble.

Survey respondents’ experiences in and expectations for the labor market, including earnings, job transitions, job offers, and wage expectations

The June jobs report was cheered by economic bulls given its strength in level terms, but rates of change among leading indicators don't favor a soft-landing outcome for the economy.

Workers are experiencing the biggest decline in years in inflation-adjusted pay. Wages are up 5.1% in past year. Inflation is up 9.1%.The Labor Department calculates that workers had a -3.6% inflation-adjusted decline in pay in the past year (that's seasonally adjusted). pic.twitter.com/yM0cd7sHbn— Heather Long (@byHeatherLong) July 13, 2022

Unions might not be the tech giant’s biggest labor threat.

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Several weeks of overstaffing resulted in wage pressure for Walmart and productivity declines at Amazon.

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Second event in virtual series looks at causes, solutions for racial employment disparities

Raising the minimum wage and ending subminimum wages would benefit millions of workers

With a 92% turnover rate in the trucking industry, companies are trying to entice new drivers.

Resignations are rising because people are seeing more job listings, not because they’re feeling more Marxist.

A shortage of babysitters has driven rates way up.

By the end of 2021 there were about 2 million fewer working-age immigrants in the U.S. than there would have been if immigration trends had continued unchanged.

It is the first time such jobs have been advertised for women in the conservative Muslim kingdom.