YTI Receives Grant to Fund ADA Center, Support Mental Health Research

The center will provide guidance and training on the Americans with Disabilities Act, and researchers will investigate ways to make workplace mental health programs more accessible.
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YTI Receives Grant to Fund ADA Center, Support Mental Health Research

Bigler Shares Fair Chance Hiring Best Practices with N.Y. Lawyers

Esta Bigler, director of Labor Law and Employment Programs at the ILR School, presented on the topic of fair chance hiring at the New York State Bar Association’s Labor and Employment Law Section fall meeting, held in Ithaca earlier this month.
Esta Bigler and Thomas Jones presenting on the topic of fair chance hiring at the New York State Bar Association’s Labor and Employment Law Section fall meeting in October 2026.
Bigler Shares Fair Chance Hiring Best Practices with N.Y. Lawyers

Private Equity Ownership Results in Poor Working Conditions in NYS Home Care

Cornell Chronicle
Private equity firms’ investment in home care agencies perpetuates poor working conditions for workers by continuing the exploitation that is prevalent across the industry, according to a new study from the ILR School’s Worker Institute.
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Private Equity Ownership Results in Poor Working Conditions in NYS Home Care

CJI Releases “Blueprint for Labor-Led Residential Decarbonization in New York”

New York state could catalyze a widespread clean energy transition and address its affordability issues by leveraging one of its most important resources – homes – according to a new report from the Climate Jobs Institute at Cornell University.
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CJI Releases “Blueprint for Labor-Led Residential Decarbonization in New York”

Cooling Investments in Apparel Factories Can Pay for Themselves

Investing in cooling for Bangladesh’s apparel factories can be commercially viable, with an average payback period of one to four years, according to new research from Cornell University’s Global Labor Institute.
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Cooling Investments in Apparel Factories Can Pay for Themselves

Thinking Big about Healthcare: Preventing Profiteering and Improving Jobs

Improving the U.S. healthcare system for patients and workers is the focus of a recent ILR policy paper.
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Thinking Big about Healthcare: Preventing Profiteering and Improving Jobs

Suicide Prevention and Mental Health in the Workplace

Suicide prevention at work, with tips for colleagues and supervisors, was discussed in a research-backed webinar by the Employer Assistance Resource Network on Disability (EARN), which is housed at ILR’s Yang-Tan Institute on Employment and Disability. A recording of the webinar is available.
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Suicide Prevention and Mental Health in the Workplace

Reducing Interview Anxiety for Autistic Applicants

Cornell Chronicle
YTI research shows that to reduce the challenges of job searching, autistic applicants should rehearse socially appropriate responses and practice answering interview questions about teamwork with examples from previous experiences.
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Reducing Interview Anxiety for Autistic Applicants

Workers With Temporary Protected Status Aid NYS’s Economy, Society

Cornell Chronicle
Central Americans with TPS status make significant contributions to New York’s economy and civic and political organizations, an ILR School report says.
Individuals from the National TPS Alliance standing with a banner.
Workers With Temporary Protected Status Aid NYS’s Economy, Society