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

Yahoo Finance reports many Amazon, FedEx, Instacart, Shipt, Target, Walmart, and Whole Foods workers called in sick or walked off the job, quoting Rebecca Kolins Givan.

The Star-Ledger covers a report by the Center for Innovation in Worker Organization and New Jersey Policy Perspective, quoting co-author Janice Fine.

NPR interviews Janice Fine of the Center for Innovation in Worker Organization, who says the COVID-19 pandemic “is like an X-ray” on inequality in the labor market.

Sinclair Broadcast Group reports the treasury secretary is taking a closer look at the Paycheck Protection Program, quoting Michael Merrill of the Labor Education Action Research Network (LEARN).

Insider NJ publishes a summary of a report co-authored by Janice Fine of the Center for Innovation in Worker Organization and Todd Vachon.

The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) quotes Joseph Blasi and cites research by the Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing.

Il Dubbio (Italy) reports on the growing number of Americans who have lost their health insurance during the pandemic, quoting Rebecca Kolins Givan of the Center for Work and Health.

Mashable quotes Christopher Hayes, who says the COVID-19 pandemic is “like the 1918 flu and the Great Depression at the same time.”

The Philadelphia Inquirer reports three unions want the city to reduce jail populations in order to slow the spread of coronavirus, quoting Rebecca Kolins Givan.

Bloomberg Law reports on the difficulty of winning personal injury and wrongful death lawsuits related to COVID-19, quoting Rosemarie Cipparulo.