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Labor and Employment Law
The government isn’t releasing economic data. Private firms are stepping in.
The Washington Post
Erica Groshen, ILR senior labor market advisor and former Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner, underscores the fundamental importance of federal data for accurately weighting private statistics.
Former heads of US Bureau of Labor Statistics say Trump's attacks erode trust in data
Reuters
In a discussion at the Cato Institute, Erica Groshen, ILR senior labor market advisor and former Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner, comments on the importance of trustable statistical agencies, revisions to jobs numbers under the Obama administration, and more.
Staffing Crisis Unfolds at BLS With a Third of Leadership Jobs Now Vacant
Bloomberg
“When you don’t have leaders to help prioritize and to identify which things you’re going to do, and you have less bandwidth, then what falls behind are improvements,” said Erica Groshen, ILR senior labor market advisor and former Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner, about vacancies at the bureau.
Cost of living a major concern for New York workforce
Cornell Chronicle
Now in its fifth year, the 2024-25 New York at Work report draws on ILR expertise, research-based data and policy analysis on a broad range of key issues affecting the state’s workers, unions, communities and employers.
ILR Event Focused on Developing Junior Work Law Scholars
As a hub for leading research and scholarship on labor and employment law, the ILR School hosted the Cornell Work Law Junior Scholar Workshop Nov. 7-9 in King-Shaw Hall.
Beginning today, employers with four or more employees or with one or more domestic workers must include a salary range when advertising jobs to be performed in New York City.
Elon Musk praises Chinese workers for ‘burning the 3am oil’ – here’s what that really looks like
The Guardian
Eli Friedman, associate professor in the ILR School, says, “Excessive overtime is kind of a built-in feature of the whole model of industrial development in China. Very long hours and compulsory overtime, while not legal, are also completely the norm.”
According to the latest BLS data, 4.2 million Americans are long-term unemployed, meaning they’ve been jobless for 27 weeks or more. Professor Francine Blau says that in addition to the personal hardships, long-term unemployment is bad for the economy as a whole.
