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August 29, 2022
News & Commentary

Nicholas Anway

In today’s news and commentary: employers push for an autumn return to the office, and staffing shortages continue to plague the airline industry. As Labor Day approaches, employers are once again pushing for a return to the office. “A number of companies, including Apple, Capital One, Comcast and The New York Times Company, are setting […]

Ready Employee One: Data Privacy Within the Metaverse

Jun 24, 2022 Eric Jang

Remote work is here to stay. Although the COVID-19 pandemic that necessitated the Work-From-Home (WFH) revolution is on its way out (fingers crossed), 83% of employees and 63% of employers have expressed a desire for a hybrid model for the future: working both at the office and remotely from home depending on individual needs. The […]

Who Wins when States Compete for Remote Workers?

Apr 29, 2022 Kelsey MacKinnon

Cash grants of up to $10,000. Complimentary co-working spaces. Free mountain bikes. States and cities across the country are offering creative incentives to convince remote workers to move within their borders. These talent-attraction schemes rely on a simple premise of economic development: increasing the supply of skilled workers in an area will lead to greater […]

Remote Work in the United States

Jan 21, 2022 Brendan Lind

The Number of Remote Workers Remote workers or, as classified by the U.S. Census Bureau, “home-based workers,” are those employed workers who primarily complete their work duties at home. Traditionally, remote workers have comprised a very small percentage of the American workforce. In 2019, before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, only 6% of the […]

January 5, 2022
News & Commentary

Fred Wang

Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, remote work appears here to stay. As infection rates have surged in recent weeks, many employers across the country have instructed their employees to continue working remotely, putting a halt to company return-to-office plans. And it appears increasingly likely that working from home will remain the long-term norm—at least […]

Workplace Discrimination in the Remote Environment

Dec 22, 2021 Julia Huang

More than a year since the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in roughly half of paid work hours being logged from home, many workers continue to opt into working remotely. In a survey of 33,250 participants conducted by the University of Chicago’s Becker Friedman Institute between May 2020 and March 2021, 77.6% of those able to work […]

Controversies Surrounding Workplace Surveillance

Dec 13, 2021 Jasmine Loo

Workplace surveillance is now almost ubiquitous, from keyloggers installed on business-issued laptops, to AI-enabled cameras giving delivery drivers performance scores, to apps that automatically track and terminate warehouse fulfilment workers who lag behind in productivity metrics. With increasing proportions of workers now working from home due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and a growing trend of […]

July 27, 2020
News & Commentary

Randon Herrera

Senate Republicans are expected to unveil plans for a new stimulus package today. White House economic advisor Larry Kudlow stated that the new plan will include another round of $1,200 checks for Americans. The Republican plan will also include enhanced unemployment benefits. However, it will deviate from the previous stimulus package which provided individuals with […]

July 20, 2020
News & Commentary

Mackenzie Bouverat

The First Circuit ruled last Friday that Amazon the class action waiver in Amazonflex delivery drivers’ contract of employment is invalid. The Court reasoned that the Federal Arbitration Act’s carveout for transportation workers applies not only to workers who “physically cross state lines in the course of their work,” but also to workers “transport[ing] goods […]

May 27, 2020
News & Commentary

Leigh Thomas

A group of Uber and Lyft drivers filed a lawsuit Monday against Governor Cuomo, the New York Department of Labor, and the New York Commissioner of Labor, alleging New York illegally failed to pay standard unemployment benefits to drivers in a timely manner during the coronavirus pandemic. The suit claims that the NYDOL treats app-based […]

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August 29, 2022

Ready Employee One: Data Privacy Within the Metaverse

Who Wins when States Compete for Remote Workers?

Remote Work in the United States

January 5, 2022

Workplace Discrimination in the Remote Environment

Controversies Surrounding Workplace Surveillance

July 27, 2020

July 20, 2020

May 27, 2020