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Why Amazon drivers can face mass layoffs without the required 60 days’ notice

Yahoo News
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.
Why Amazon drivers can face mass layoffs without the required 60 days’ notice

What to do without a jobs report

Quartz
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.
What to do without a jobs report

Inclusive employment centre stage at IDEA Symposium

Canadian Occupational Safety
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.
Inclusive employment centre stage at IDEA Symposium

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.
Former heads of US Bureau of Labor Statistics say Trump's attacks erode trust in data

'Total disaster': Some furloughed workers plan to hold garage sales, dip into savings to weather government shutdown

ABC News
“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.
'Total disaster': Some furloughed workers plan to hold garage sales, dip into savings to weather government shutdown

Resilient Threads: Weaving A Climate-Ready, Regenerative Future for Cotton in India

Observer Research Foundation
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.
Resilient Threads: Weaving A Climate-Ready, Regenerative Future for Cotton in India

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