This Week’s Top Hits

“Employers are recognizing they may be unnecessarily eliminating applicants,” said Susanne Bruyère, academic director at the Yang-Tan Institute on Employment and Disability, sharing how health issues can create gaps in a job candidate’s employment history that may cause an AI to screen out a qualified job candidate.

Research by ILR Professor Michèle Belot about public opinion of the role of universities in society is described in this article.

Erica Groshen, ILR senior labor market advisor and former Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner, shares the bureau’s definition of employment and describes how the bureau gathers unemployment data.

Brian Dunn, director of professional programs at ILR’s Institute for Compensation Studies, comments on yesterday’s approval by Tesla shareholders of a proposal about future compensation to Elon Musk.

Erica Groshen, ILR senior labor market advisor and former Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner, comments on the likelihood of certain government reports ever being published, given the lack of data collected during the current government shutdown.

Art Wheaton, ILR director of labor studies, provides context on why unions may object to driverless vehicles.