NYC dismisses Haitian employees who lost their TPS status, Mamdani says

Newsday
This article cites a report by ILR’s Worker Institute, saying that New York state has 98,250 workers with Temporary Protected Status, with most coming from Haiti and Venezuela; the report is called “We Are Home: Workers with TPS Belong Here.”
NYC dismisses Haitian employees who lost their TPS status, Mamdani says

Veteran Economist, Insider Matsumoto Wins Senate Approval as BLS Commissioner

Reuters
Erica Groshen, ILR senior labor market advisor and former Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner, comments on the significance of Brett Matsumoto’s appointment as the bureau’s new commissioner and on current political and financial challenges facing statistical agencies.
Veteran Economist, Insider Matsumoto Wins Senate Approval as BLS Commissioner

AI Is Giving Your HR Department an Existential Crisis

Bloomberg
“Employees want to know that there’s a trusted person that has expertise that they can go to and address issues, and they’re never going to feel fully confident in having a bot do it,” says JR Keller, ILR associate professor, discussing the value of human-powered HR departments.
AI Is Giving Your HR Department an Existential Crisis

ILR in the News

Bloomberg Law
"DNA Testing? You Might Want to Wait for More Legal Protection"
"2020 Census:  Changes to guard privacy could make it less useful to researchers, businesses"
Cornell Chronicle
"As the digital economy grows, home becomes the workplace of the future"
"The Death of Job Stability"
"Fairness in college admission exams: From test score gaps to earnings inequality"
"ISL London Summit Sees 30-Plus Elite Swimmers Gather"
"International swimming stars say they are being denied chance to earn millions"
"Swimmers 'missing out on millions'"
"After Closed-Door Meeting, Athletes in London Ready to Organize"
"Can millennials save the labour movement?" -- First citation.
CNBC
"Women who attend elite colleges earn more and marry less, new research shows"
Cornell Chronicle
Center Supports Hospitality Industry Research, Education and Dialogue
Cornell Chronicle
Gauging Capitalism’s Future and History
CNBC
ILR Higher Ed Expert Weighs in on Free Tuition
"Can millennials save the labour movement?" -- Second citation.
The New Yorker
"Can The Deal To Compensate Toys R Us Workers Be Replicated at Sears?"
"Spy and Conquer; The new Roger Ailes documentary shows just how much employers can use technology to surveil their workers."
Gig Economy Collective Bargaining
The New York Times
"The Heisman Vote Is Filled With Homers"
Cornell Chronicle
Groat and Alpern Awards Announced
Forbes
“Warning: AI May Be Hazardous to Employee Health”
The New York Times
“Times Critics Discuss the Year in Books, From Triumphs to Disappointments”
"Milwaukee's 800-CEO-READ names 8 finalists for Business Book of the Year"
”Media divided over controversy of 2020 Census citizenship question”
Cornell Chronicle
Bohns Wins Innovation Award
In These Times
“How Graduate Unions Are Winning—and Scaring the Hell out of Bosses—in the Trump Era”
"Trouble in paradise"
“Industry’s elite talk gambling at sports summit”
“UAW Caught in Industry Turmoil Again”
"ILR program helps people with criminal records return to workforce"
“Trump's Census Citizenship Question Was Put On Trial And Now It Looks Even Shadier”
Cornell Chronicle
“ILR sports summit draws hundreds in New York City”
“Convergence of ideas is focus of Entrepreneurship Summit”
“Trial over census citizenship question closes with arguments over government's motives”
Cornell Chronicle
Disrupting Status Quo in Business
“Foreign Policy Mag: It’s Time To Talk About Academic Freedom in China”
“When Did The Gig Economy Begin?”
“Professor: American universities must reexamine relationships with China because of threats to academic freedom”
“The Marriott Strike: A Call to Action for Cornellians”
“Productivity Monitoring Platforms and Wearable Technology as the New Data-Centric  Research”
“Top Census Scientist's Testimony Casts Doubt On Motives For Study On Citizenship Question” -- First citation.
“Universities involved in crackdown on student activism”
“Cornell Professors Contribute to the Growing Narrative on Slavery and Capitalism”
Talking Points Memo
“Census Official: Sessions Used 'Political Influence' in Handling Of Citizenship Request”
“Census Scientist: Citizenship question ill-advised”
“Cornell Profs Awarded Annual Grants for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching”
US News and World Report
“Citizenship Query Will Not Cause US Census Undercount: Official”
“Persistence of gender wage gap”
“Trump administration's citizen question is ill-advised, top census scientist says”
“Citizenship query will not cause U.S. census undercount: official”

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