SMLR Experts In the News

Instacart workers are striking for hazard pay and better protection from the coronavirus pandemic. Rebecca Kolins Givan tells NBC News, "The American public sees them deserving of respect and decent wages."

“When the COVID-19 pandemic has ended in this country, we will see an unequal distribution of infections and deaths along the intersecting lines of race and class.” Christopher Hayes explains in his op-ed for NJ.com and the Sunday edition of the Star-Ledger.

CO, a publication of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, writes about businesses that are forced to furlough or lay-off employees due to the coronavirus
pandemic, quoting Jie (Jasmine) Feng.

Rebecca Kolins Givan, via Bloomberg Law: "The airline industry went through a crisis like this after 9/11 and these unions have experience negotiating on behalf of their members during this time of extreme economic uncertainty."

Christopher Mackin, a research fellow in SMLR's Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing, writes an op-ed for The New Republic about how to address income inequality in the U.S. after the coronavirus pandemic.

Thrive Global publishes a list of tips, quoting Yana Rodgers of the Center for Women and Work.

The coronavirus pandemic is forcing many employers to make difficult personnel decisions. SHRM writes about the differences between layoffs and furloughs, quoting Jie "Jasmine" Feng.

Yana Rodgers of SMLR's Center for Women and Work shares advice for parents balancing working from home and educating their children.

The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) publishes an op-ed by Kyra Leigh Sutton.

Yahoo Finance quotes Janice Fine of the Center for Innovation in Worker Organization, who says gig workers’ employment contracts look like “swiss cheese” because they offer so few protections.