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New York at Work 2023

Annual Report

Designed as a resource for policymakers and the public, the ILR School’s annual New York at Work report examines jobs and other issues impacting communities and individuals across the state.

ILR New York State Impact 2022-23
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AI and Data Science in the Workplace

The role of AI and data science on the future of work is a growing emphasis for ILR faculty research and teaching.

New research by Professor Virginia Doellgast is an example of how ILR faculty are studying the effects of new technology on the workplace. In her latest paper, Doellgast explores how workers can be protected from algorithmic management and AI abuses.

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Artificial Intelligence Conscience

Justice at Work: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

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Courtyard Commemorates Beloved Leader

As executive director of the Yang-Tan Institute at ILR, Thomas P. Golden changed the disability world.
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Courtyard Commemorates Beloved Leader

ADA Anniversary a Reminder about Disability in the Workplace

The Yang-Tan Institute on Employment and Disability shares tips related to the ADA, approaching its 33rd anniversary.
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ADA Anniversary a Reminder about Disability in the Workplace

Yasmin Ballew ’23 Receives Robinson-Appel Humanitarian Award

Cornell Chronicle
ILRie will use award funding to establish a partnership between Alpha Phi Omega and the Greater Ithaca Activities Center.
Yasmin Ballew ’23
Yasmin Ballew ’23 Receives Robinson-Appel Humanitarian Award

New York State: Economy, Policy, and Practice

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As a New York land-grant college, we have a state mandate to apply our work in service to our local communities, state and regional economies, and partners in governance. We create and share knowledge, build relationships, and inform strategies aimed at improving economic well-being for all New Yorkers.

Coupling our strong physical foundations in Buffalo, Ithaca, and New York City with our rapidly expanding virtual presence in the COVID-19 era, our resources and infrastructure allow us to pursue local innovations that have global implications.

Higher NYS Minimum Wage Would Boost Spending, Create Jobs

Cornell Chronicle
Raising New York state’s minimum hourly wage to $21.25, as proposed in the NYS Raise the Wage Act currently before the state Legislature, would help nearly two-thirds of workers earn a living wage, according to data from the Cornell ILR Wage Atlas.
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Higher NYS Minimum Wage Would Boost Spending, Create Jobs

New Report finds New Yorkers want increased investment in child care

On March 8, the ILR Buffalo Co-Lab released “The Status of Child Care Across New York State;” marking the third phase in an action research project on the true cost of child care.
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New Report finds New Yorkers want increased investment in child care

Tompkins County Living Wage Sees an ‘Unprecedented’ Increase

Cornell Chronicle
ILR researchers have calculated the 2023 living wage for Tompkins County - $18.45 per hour - is nearly 10% higher than in 2022, the highest increase in three decades.
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Tompkins County Living Wage Sees an ‘Unprecedented’ Increase

A driving principle behind our research, teaching, training, and practice is that everyone deserves fair and equal access to jobs, housing, healthcare, and other means for achieving economic security. Our work seeks solutions that remove inequitable barriers to economic opportunities, whether those barriers occur within an individual workplace or at the structural levels of our political and economic systems.

You can see a handful of our recent work below.

Compensation Fund Could Boost NYS Child Care Industry

Cornell Chronicle
“The Status of Child Care in New York State,” a new report released by the Buffalo Co-Lab, finds that recent increases in state subsidies helped stabilize the industry through the pandemic, but were insufficient to reduce inequities in access and quality.
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Compensation Fund Could Boost NYS Child Care Industry

Future of Work Provides Grant to Study Immigrant Workplace

Postdoctoral fellow Youbin Kang will work with Professors Gleeson and Griffith to research recent policy changes by the Department of Homeland Security.
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Future of Work Provides Grant to Study Immigrant Workplace

Matched Data from Hires and Managers Examined

A Future of Work project is assessing what unfolds for both employees – and their hiring managers – during their first months on the job.
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Matched Data from Hires and Managers Examined

Collective Representation and Worker Voice

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We were founded to study and improve the world of work. We have strong research roots in labor relations and negotiations, and our work with varying communities comes from our commitment to understanding collective representation, the perspectives of workers, and improving workers' lives.

Union Days Kicks Off with Keynote by Randi Weingarten ’80

Cornell ILR's Union Days begins Tuesday, March 5, with "Unions, Labor, and Freedom of Expression," a presentation given by Randi Weingarten ’80.
Randi Weingarten
Union Days Kicks Off with Keynote by Randi Weingarten ’80

Constitutional Law Expert Discusses Free Speech in the Workplace

Charlotte Garden, professor of law at the University of Minnesota, presented “The Constitution and the Workplace: Exploring How the First Amendment Impacts Workers.”
Charlotte Garden giving a lecture in Ives Hall
Constitutional Law Expert Discusses Free Speech in the Workplace

ILR Trio Secures Grant to Study Health Care Unions in the South

A new grant awarded by the Robert Woods Johnson Foundation will fund an interdisciplinary team featuring MIT and Tougaloo College scholars.
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ILR Trio Secures Grant to Study Health Care Unions in the South

Leadership Development

We work with communities, organizations, departments and companies – all to help develop leaders who will make workplaces and employment itself better. Foundations in management and collective bargaining, and our 75 years in industry put us in a unique position to help develop leaders in business, labor and policy.

CAHRS

Center for Advanced Human Resource Studies

CAHRS is the world's leading partnership between industry and academia, devoted to global human resource management. The CAHRS partnership connects leading companies to Cornell University, the ILR School, and leading faculty, students and intellectual leaders throughout the world.

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Labor Leadership Training

We work with union leaders at national and state levels to develop training programs for aspiring and established leaders within the labor field.

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Senior Leader Programs

We bring together world-class faculty with business and industry leaders to design and deliver training systems that develop HR, business and management leaders. Learn from world-class faculty dedicated to HR research and driving organizational performance.

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Find out more about our senior leadership training

Climate Jobs Institute leads educational delegation to Denmark

Cornell ILR’s Climate Jobs Institute leads educational delegation of 30 New York State legislative and labor leaders to Denmark to learn from the nation’s world-leading efforts to build a clean energy economy.
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Climate Jobs Institute leads educational delegation to Denmark

ILR and Einhorn Center Partner to Create Office of Engaged and Experiential Programs

The ILR School is the latest undergraduate college at Cornell to be selected for the Einhorn Center's Engaged College Initiative.
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ILR and Einhorn Center Partner to Create Office of Engaged and Experiential Programs

WNYCOSH, COEM, and CORNELL ILR Host Forum on Opioids and Work

Opioids have been in the headlines for decades regarding the devastation they’ve caused to individual lives, families and communities. Whether through workplace exposures or injuries, work has been a significant contributor to the waves of the opioid epidemic.
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WNYCOSH, COEM, and CORNELL ILR Host Forum on Opioids and Work

ILR in the News

Our work from the media

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Bernie Sanders wants the US to adopt a 32-hour workweek. Could workers and companies benefit?

AP News
The Fair Labor Standards Act, signed into law in 1938, imposed workplace protections that included limiting the workweek to 44 hours. The landmark law followed a century of labor-union efforts seeking protections for the many overworked people in the U.S., said Tejasvi Nagaraja, a labor historian at ILR.
Bernie Sanders wants the US to adopt a 32-hour workweek. Could workers and companies benefit?

Import prices rose more slowly in February. That could help bring down inflation.

Marketplace
The consumer price index can be affected by import prices, whether they’re picking up or slowing down, said Erica Groshenfrom the ILR School
Import prices rose more slowly in February. That could help bring down inflation.

NWSL free agency becomes tool to keep league competitive in new world of women's soccer

CBS Sports
Dean Alex Colvin discusses the future of free agency and what the National Women's Soccer League's collective bargaining agreements may look like down the line.
NWSL free agency becomes tool to keep league competitive in new world of women's soccer