This Week’s Top Hits

Cathy Creighton, director of the ILR Buffalo Co-Lab, comments on the likelihood of an employee being fired due to nonpayment of union dues versus being fired due to supporting union activities.

Research-backed advice on sharing good news, sharing positives versus negatives, being curious, giving feedback, and not ghosting are discussed by ILR Professor Vanessa Bohns, author of the recently published book, “Should I Say Something? The Science of What to Share – and What to Keep to Yourself.”

Private equity has expanded in the New York home care industry over the past decade, partly due to weak state and federal health and labor regulations, according to a new report from ILR’s Worker Institute, “Private Equity’s Impact on Home Care Workers and Patients in New York State.”

“Putting tenant issues and tenant concerns on the ballot can motivate tenants to go out and vote, even though historically they voted at much lower rates,” says Russell Weaver, director of research at ILR’s Buffalo Co-Lab, discussing research he led about renters voting in several New York state races.

“Over 90% of those incarcerated actually return to society. One way to increase the odds of [them contributing to society] is to enable individuals to get educated,” says Jodi Anderson, director of technological innovation for ILR’s Criminal Justice and Employment Initiative, commenting on Cornell’s Prison Education Program.

Four questions to answer when deciding whether to provide honest feedback or advice are discussed by ILR Professor Vanessa Bohns.