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“They post wide ranges because they want to signal that there’s a great opportunity for advancement … but they’re also not realizing how this could signal these negativities to those that are more risk averse,” said Alice Lee, ILR assistant professor, about job applicant behavior and published salary range.

“This is precisely the kind of initiative that Cornell ILR supports as we pursue our public service mission,” said Patrica Campos-Medina, executive director of ILR’s Worker Institute, about the institute’s contribution to the Building Trades Peer Support Network curriculum, which aims to improve NYC construction workers’ mental health.

Ariel Avgar, ILR professor and director of ILR's Center for Applied Research on Work, discusses the nature of health care jobs, saying that many of these jobs are difficult to do and unsuitable for automation or outsourcing overseas.

Research contributed to by Nicole Thio, ILR Ph.D. student, finds that leaders often underestimate the value of “boring” meetings, which can surface insights, strengthen relationships and reveal early warning signs.

Jason Judd, executive director of ILR’s Global Labor Institute, criticizes Nike’s living wage pledge for falling short on achieving a living wage for workers.

In this radio interview, Diane Burton, ILR senior associate dean for research, outreach and external relations, explains the founding mission of the ILR School, why the ILR School is distinctly different from a typical business school, and what the ILR School’s outreach programs look like today.