SMLR Experts In the News

Newsweek examines the telltale signs that your employer is about to do mass layoffs, quoting Jie (Jasmine) Feng.

Patch reports on the workplace health and safety conditions inside New Jersey’s Amazon facilities, citing a report by Carmen Martino of the Occupational Training and Education Consortium.

International Business Times covers a study that finds self-employed women are more likely to exercise and less likely to have heart disease, quoting Yana Rodgers of the Center for Women and Work.

Law360 reports the union organizing surge at Starbucks stores is slowing down across the country, quoting Francis Ryan.

The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) publishes an op-ed by Kyra Leigh Sutton about how employers can support the career advancement of women who are working from home.

HealthDay interviews Yana Rodgers of the Center for Women and Work about the link between workplace autonomy and women’s health. U.S. News and World Report republishes the story.

MASSLive.com examines how a mattress factory outside Springfield, Massachusetts became an ESOP company. The story cites research by the Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing.

Facing South examines how the legal battle over voting accessibility is playing out in the South and cites voter turnout data from the Program for Disability Research.

El Tiempo Latino reports DoorDash canceled an outreach event amid opposition from workers and advocates, quoting Andrew Wolf, a research fellow in the workplace justice lab@RU.

The Pac-12 Conference announces the appointment of Quashan Lockett, who earned a bachelor’s degree in labor and employment relations at Rutgers in 2007.