SMLR Shares Expertise on How the COVID-19 Pandemic is Changing the World of Work

WABC-TV interviews Yana Rodgers of the Center for Women and Work, who says federal childcare and paid family leave policies would “revolutionize our labor force.”

WABC-TV interviews Yana Rodgers of the Center for Women and Work about the childcare and homecare concerns that have pushed millions of working moms out of the labor force.

Healthcare Dive reports nurses at St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester are demanding safe staffing, quoting Rebecca Kolins Givan of the Center for Work and Health.

Al Jazeera reports on the strike at St. Charles Medical Center in Bend, quoting Rebecca Kolins Givan of the Center for Work and Health.

Fast Company publishes an op-ed about research by the Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing, which finds employee-owned firms have been less likely to cut jobs and wages during the pandemic.

The Hill reports business groups and the Biden administration want to make it as easy as possible for workers to get the COVID-19 vaccine, quoting Todd Vachon of the Labor Education Action Research Network (LEARN).

WHYY interviews Rebecca Kolins Givan of the Center for Work and Health about the high level of burnout among nurses.

NJBIZ reports the pandemic is causing a steep decline in community college enrollment, quoting Michelle Van Noy of the Education and Employment Research Center who says the trend will “exacerbate existing inequalities."

Bloomberg Law reports a growing number of Republican-led state legislatures are moving to prevent workers from suing their employer if they catch COVID-19, quoting professor emeritus John F. Burton Jr.

WKOW-TV interviews Rebecca Kolins Givan of the Center for Work and Health about the growing demand for travel nurses and the rising costs for the hospitals that require their services.