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Workers’ Rights

Policy Briefs

–Overtime Violations

–The Problem of Worker Misclassification

–Criminal Convictions and Employment Rights in New York State

–Drug Testing by Potential Employers

–Unionization of Low Wage Workers

–Local and Minority Hiring Practices

–Paid Sick Leave

–Strengthening Unemployment Insurance

Books

–The Gloves-Off Economy: Workplace Standards at the Bottom of America’s Labor Market

–Hard Work: Remaking the American Labor Movement

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