This Week’s Top Hits

Diane Burton, director of ILR’s Institute for Compensation Studies, comments on the ease of finding new employment for independent contractors doing last-mile delivery for firms that have contracts with Amazon.

Erica Groshen, ILR senior labor market advisor and former Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner, provides expertise on how to use private data in the absence of a current federal jobs report.

This article relays specific advice about improving employment outcomes for people with disabilities that was offered by Susanne Bruyère, academic director of the Yang-Tan Institute, in her opening keynote to the Inclusive Design for Employment Access (IDEA) Symposium at the University of Toronto.

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.

“For the most part, workers are stuck with individual responsibility for their budget,” said Art Wheaton, ILR director of labor studies, commenting on how the government expects furloughed workers to handle missing paychecks during the shutdown.

A study by ILR’s Global Labor Institute is cited in a discussion about climate change causing problems for the cotton supply chain used by Asia’s fashion sector.