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WHYY talks to Hana Shepherd, a senior researcher in the Workplace Justice Lab@RU, about her new report on heat exposure in the service sector.

Wednesday, June 25, 2025
​WHYY

Rutgers Today writes about a new report co-authored by Hana Shepherd, a senior researcher in the Workplace Justice Lab@RU.

Wednesday, June 11, 2025
Rutgers Today

The Philadelphia Inquirer covers a Workplace Justice Lab@RU report on the shrinking number of federal wage and hour investigators, quoting Jake Barnes and Janice Fine.

Tuesday, June 10, 2025
The Philadelphia Inquirer

The American Prospect mentions a Workplace Justice Lab@RU report, which finds that USDOL staff reductions, coupled with mass deportations, could worsen wage theft.

Thursday, June 5, 2025
The American Prospect

The Record covers a Workplace Justice Lab@RU report on the shrinking number of labor investigators and the growing risk of wage theft, quoting Jake Barnes and Janice Fine.

Wednesday, June 4, 2025
The Record

HuffPost writes about a Workplace Justice Lab@RU report, which finds that staffing in the U.S. Wage and Hour Division just hit a 52-year low.

Friday, May 30, 2025
HuffPost

Bloomberg Law writes about a Workplace Justice Lab@RU report on the declining number of labor investigators. Jake Barnes says it could worsen America’s $13 billion wage theft problem.

Thursday, May 29, 2025
Bloomberg Law
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A report by SMLR’s Workplace Justice Lab warns that staffing reductions at the U.S. Department of Labor, coupled with the recent crackdown on immigrant workers, could worsen America’s $13 billion wage theft problem.

Thursday, May 29, 2025

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