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February 5, 2025
News & Commentary

Henry Green

Trump's disagreements with Abruzzo & Wilcox, Dollar General's plan for ICE agents, remote work in federal CBA's.

January 3, 2025
News & Commentary

Esther Ritchin

In today’s news, the holiday season strikes against Amazon and Starbucks both conclude, and Amazon mandates a full-time return to office for its corporate employees. The strike against Amazon, held at warehouses in the five days leading up to Christmas Eve, ended as scheduled. The strike was officially held at nine different warehouses, but there […]

December 6, 2024
News & Commentary

Esther Ritchin

In today’s news and commentary, DOL attempts to abolish subminimum wage for workers with disabilities, AFGE reaches remote work agreement with SSA, and George Washington University resident doctors vote to strike. This week, the Department of Labor proposed a rule to abolish the Fair Labor Standards Act’s Section 14(c) program, which allows employers to pay […]

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 […]

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February 5, 2025

January 3, 2025

December 6, 2024

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