Worker rights are among the least protected human rights in the world, according to new research from faculty at Binghamton University, State University of New York.
Social Sciences
May 10, 2024
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Paid sick leave (PSL) mandates like those found in the federal government's Families First Coronavirus Response Act may be helping to slow the spread of COVID-19, according to a new study by health economists at Georgia State ...
Economics & Business
May 19, 2020
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Bottom-up workplace law enforcement—which occurs when an individual worker files a claim against their employer—fails to protect the workers who are the most vulnerable to workplace rights violations. According to new ...
Economics & Business
Aug 4, 2022
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The shutdown may be over – for now – but its consequences will linger on.
Economics & Business
Jan 28, 2019
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Estonia, a small country in northern Europe, reached a digital milestone when the country headed to the polls on March 5, 2023.
Political science
Mar 20, 2023
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Daniel Graff is director of the University of Notre Dame's Higgins Labor Program and holds a joint appointment in the Department of History. He is an expert on contemporary labor issues, labor and economic history, and issues ...
Economics & Business
Nov 2, 2022
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Local villagers helped Shamsark off the boat, all but carrying her and her three small children as they stumbled up the slippery bank to safety. She took one look back across the river, through the grey mist to the orange ...
Social Sciences
Jun 4, 2019
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Over the past year, Canada's federal government, policy-makers and employers have made significant strides in providing temporary paid sick leave provisions related to COVID-19. But the challenges associated with workplace ...
Social Sciences
Mar 9, 2021
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In thousands of households across Jamaica, domestic workers do the work of cooking, cleaning, gardening and caring for children, the elderly and people with disabilities.
Social Sciences
Nov 8, 2023
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It may be a familiar statistic, but it is still shocking and unacceptable. In Australia, almost every week a woman dies at the hands of her partner or ex-partner.
Social Sciences
May 6, 2021
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