SMLR Experts In the News

Benefits Canada interviews Jessica Methot about her research on the power of office small talk.

Rutgers Today publishes an essay by Yana Rodgers of the Center for Women and Work about her research on paid and unpaid care work.

Bloomberg Law writes about workplace harassment in the accounting industry, quoting Nichelle Carpenter on how leadership affects workers’ morale and performance.

Marketplace interviews Todd Vachon of the Labor Education Action Research Network (LEARN) about the sweeping labor law reform bill that made it through the House but faces an uphill climb in the Senate.

The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) publishes an op-ed by Kyra Leigh Sutton, who offers four suggestions to early career professionals.

Florida Phoenix reports wage theft has more than doubled in Florida since the last wage hike took effect in 2005, citing a study by the Center for Innovation in Worker Organization and quoting co-author Daniel Galvin.

The Texas Standard interviews Douglas Kruse and Lisa Schur of the Program for Disability Research about their study, which reveals mail-in voting and improved polling place accessibility helped people with disabilities in 2020.

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.”

Rutgers Today talks to Dorothy Sue Cobble about her book, For the Many: American Feminists and the Global Fight for Democratic Equality, which forms the focus of an upcoming Center for Women and Work virtual panel discussion.

The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) publishes an op-ed by Kyra Leigh Sutton about whether HR professionals can move between industries.