A new generation of workers are joining trade unions and using social media to hold big employers to account.
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Brexit could erode workers’ wages and conditions, particularly if the British government deregulates employment laws and undercuts EU standards.
The court narrowly ruled that employees who sign arbitration agreements can’t bring class action suits over unpaid wages.
Human Resources must adapt quickly to changes in the workplace to remain relevant and useful.
U.S. President Donald Trump’s move to crack down on temporary skilled workers is a terrible mistake that disproportionately harms women and people of colour.
Some say the gig economy is capitalism’s final victory, but maybe it’s not.
Work dominates many of our lives, often in ways that are detrimental to our health and well-being.
While disability carers are employed to work part-time hours, they often have long work days with short periods of work interspersed with non-work periods.
Research finds union members earn more because they have more experience than their non-union colleagues.
People on moderate incomes, including police and emergency workers, have been forced to seek housing on the city fringes, far from their places of work. But there are ways to reverse this trend.
Even with the most favourable laws, unions will still need to confront the reality of a dramatic transformation in the world of work.
Although over 200 CEOs have promised to share windfalls from the recent tax cut with their employers – something the president is likely to bring up in the State of the Union – research suggests workers aren’t holding their breath.
The Working Time Directive enshrines legal rights to rest periods, paid holidays and a maximum 48-hour working week.
Proposed changes to South Africa’s labour laws would make it almost impossible to strike and render the planned national minimum wage unenforceable.
Some observers say we should eliminate tipping in restaurants because of the negative impact on workers. But how do customers feel about that?
The arrival of Amazon in Australia may signal a change in how we navigate industrial relations and workers rights.
The South African oddity is that those who in other societies would be arguing against free passes for the affluent, argue for them.
Women in minimum wage jobs earn 10% less than their male peers. Wages are systematically lower in jobs more commonly held by women.
The House just passed its version of the tax plan, which includes about US$1 trillion in cuts for corporations. The question, who will be left holding the potato?
Joe Ricketts abruptly shut down DNAinfo and Gothamist after his employees voted to unionize. Is what he did legal? And how could similar events be prevented in the future?
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Professor of Management, Co-Director of the MIT Sloan Institute for Work and Employment Research, MIT Sloan School of Management
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Associate Professor of Business, Boston University
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Professor of Law, University of Oregon
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Affiliate Research Associate, School of Political and Social Sciences, University of Glasgow
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Professor and Director of Labor and Employment Studies, San Francisco State University
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Professor, Labour Studies, Brock University
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Associate Professor, University of Cape Town
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Associate Professor, Labour studies, Brock University
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Professor of Economics and Political Economy, University of Leeds
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Professor Emeritus of Business, Wayne State University
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Global Fellow at the Wahba Institute for Strategic Competition, Associate Professor at the University of Arizona, University of Arizona
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Distinguished Professor of Workplace Law, RMIT University
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Venable Professor of Law, University of Baltimore
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Professor of Employment Relations & HR Management, University of Birmingham
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Leiden University