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

HuffPost examines how flexible work arrangements would benefit people with disabilities, quoting Douglas Kruse and Lisa Schur of the Program for Disability Research.

Local Profile explores the options available to those who have lost their job, quoting Christopher Hayes.

Mashable writes about how the pandemic affects the live music industry, quoting Christopher Hayes on the lack of a national plan for re-opening the economy.

The Philadelphia Inquirer quotes Yana Rodgers of the Center for Women and Work on the outsized number of women who lost their job in April.

Yahoo Finance writes about the April jobs report, quoting Christopher Hayes who says African Americans are "overrepresented among the unemployed and destitute."

The Asbury Park Press reports the pandemic is disproportionately affecting black and Latino New Jerseyans, quoting Christopher Hayes.

Employee Benefit News publishes an op-ed by Joseph Blasi and Douglas Kruse of the Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing, exploring how equity compensation and a supportive culture can help firms recruit and retain top talent.

Financial Times (UK) reports a growing number of low-wage staff in nursing homes are contracting COVID-19, quoting Rebecca Kolins Givan of the Center for Work and Health.

The Conversation publishes an op-ed by Douglas Kruse and Lisa Schur of the Program for Disability Research about a possible silver lining for people with disabilities if telecommuting becomes more common after the pandemic. | The Houston Chronicle, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Yahoo News, and many other newspapers and news sites republish the op-ed.

NBC News reports on the strike planned for International Workers’ Day, quoting Janice Fine of the Center for Innovation in Worker Organization.