This Week’s Top Hits

Erica Groshen, ILR senior labor market advisor and former Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner, describes the difficulties of preparing the bureau’s data during the federal shutdown.

Erica Groshen, ILR senior labor market advisor and research fellow at the Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, discusses a recent Gallup study about job quality.

Kate Bronfenbrenner, ILR director of labor education research, provides expert commentary on the effectiveness of the National Labor Relations Board.

“I think all of us find identity in our job, in our work. … We want to make sure that what we’re doing and how we’re spending our time matters,” said Wendy Strobel Gower, executive director of the Yang-Tan Institute, in a keynote speech covered in this article.

Ian Greer, research professor and director of the Ithaca Co-lab, provides expert analysis on the impact of increased unemployment benefits in New York and on issues with how the unemployment fund is financed.

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.