workplace justice lab@RU In the News

ProPublica investigates how a seasonal visa program has failed to protect migrant farmworkers. The story cites a Workplace Justice Lab@RU report.

NJ Spotlight News reports the state might reclassify some independent contractors as employees. The segment includes testimony by Jake Barnes of the Workplace Justice Lab@RU.

The New Yorker writes about the politics of the subminimum wage for restaurant servers. The story cites wage theft data from the Workplace Justice Lab@RU.

WHYY talks to Hana Shepherd, a senior researcher in the Workplace Justice Lab@RU, about her new report on heat exposure in the service sector.

Rutgers Today writes about a new report co-authored by Hana Shepherd, a senior researcher in the Workplace Justice Lab@RU.

The Philadelphia Inquirer covers a Workplace Justice Lab@RU report on the shrinking number of federal wage and hour investigators, quoting Jake Barnes and Janice Fine.

The American Prospect mentions a Workplace Justice Lab@RU report, which finds that USDOL staff reductions, coupled with mass deportations, could worsen wage theft.

The Record covers a Workplace Justice Lab@RU report on the shrinking number of labor investigators and the growing risk of wage theft, quoting Jake Barnes and Janice Fine.