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Low Wage Workers
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Labor Law Prof Blog
Low Wage Workers Survey
Ruben Garcia and Melissa Hart write to ask for input from labor and employment law teachers: We are conducting a survey to determine whether there is a need for a casebook focused…
Labor Law Prof Blog
CEPR Report on Low Wage Work
The Center for Economic and Policy Research, a progressive economic thinktank, has issued a report on low wage work in rich countries. Low Wage Lessons compares the percentage of the…
ImmigrationProf Blog
“Free Movement and Equal Rights for Low-Wage Workers? What the United States Can Learn from the New EU Migration to Britain” by JENNIFER GORDON
"Free Movement and Equal Rights for Low-Wage Workers? What the United States Can Learn from the New EU Migration to Britain" UC Berkeley Law School, Chief Justice Earl Warren Institute…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Recently Published Scholarship: Hofstra LELJ
Hofstra Labor & Employment Law JournalVolume 28, Number 1 Fall 2010ForwordWilma B. Liebman, Labor Law During Hard Times: Challenges on the 75th Anniversary of the National Labor Relations Act, p.…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Job Growth Focused on Low-Wage Work
The National Employment Law Project just released a report finding that recent job gains have been largely in low-wage work (defined as $9.03 -$12.91 per hour), in contrast to job…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Low Wage Workers Lose an Advocate: Beth Shulman
Patrick S. O'Donnell, a friend of the blog and contributor at Ratio Juris, passes on this sad news that Beth Shulman, labor lawyer, author, and advocate for low wage workers…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Study Reveals Widespread Pay Abuses For Low-Wage Workers
A new study conducted by several academics and others found that low-wage workers are routinely denied proper overtime pay and are often paid less than the minimum wage. The findings are based…
ImmigrationProf Blog
New SSRN Immigration Articles
Here are some recent immigration articles from the Social Science Research Network (www.ssrn.com): "Labor Union Coalition Challenges to Governmental Action: Defending the Civil Rights of Law-Wage Workers" MARIA LINDA ONTIVEROS,…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Selmi On Improving Conditions For Low-Wage Workers Through Unionism And Education
Michael Selmi (George Washington) has just posted on SSRN his article, "Unions, Education, and Low-Wage Workers," which is part of the forthcoming University of Chicago Legal Forum Symposium issue (2009)…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Ontiveros on the Civil Rights of Low-Wage Workers
Maria Ontiveros (San Francisco) has just posted on SSRN her article (forthcoming 2009 U. Chicago Legal Forum) Labor Union Coalition Challenges to Governmental Action: Defending the Civil Rights of Law-Wage…