Public Policy

Esta Bigler, from our Labor and Employment Law program, hosted a detailed panel discussion that explores the lawsuit Palmer v. Amazon, which covers the vital topics of health and safety at work in the time of COVID-19.

New research co-authored by ILR Professor Michèle Belot focuses on the role socioeconomics played in individuals’ health-related decisions during the early months of the pandemic.

Esta Bigler, director of ILR's Labor and Employment Law program, hosted a webinar to talk about workforce changes from the pandemic which will outlast immediate reopening.

Results of survey speak to health care, voting and work challenges.

Russell Weaver uses the COVID tracker to explore the New York State the“micro-cluster” strategy that identifies COVID-19 case clusters and the areas around them and categorizes them into color-coded zones.

College of Human Ecology Professor Kelly Musick and research colleagues find that job losses caused by COVID-19 disproportionately hurt Latinx, Black and lower-income children.

Director Ellen Gallin Procida discusses school districts and unions in the time of the pandemic.

In a recent interview, ILR School Associate Professor Vanessa Bohns discussed how sharing information about receiving a COVID-19 vaccine can impact other people’s choices.

Frontline workers, the most vulnerable among essential workers, are most in need of the vaccine, according to a research team including labor economist Francine Blau.

Use the School District COVID-19 Tracker as an interactive mapping tool to understand the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on New York State.

Short-time compensation is a relatively low-cost program that already exists in many states to prevent or at least slow mass unemployment. With some reforms, it could protect many more U.S. jobs.

Women, African American and Hispanic workers are faring markedly worse than men and white workers.

Erica Groshen provides insight on some of the most significant numbers in the upcoming national employment report recapping July job numbers.

This piece hosts discussions about digital currency in light of the pandemic through work by Cornell Professor Robert Hockett.

Shannon Gleeson outlines the situation faced by undocumented workers, and discusses potential futures for them including pathways to citizenship and their relationship.

The triple crises of COVID-19, climate change and soaring inequality present a moment of great peril and opportunity for the U.S.

In June, COVID-19 was still disrupting the jobs of over 24 million workers comprising about 15 percent of the labor force in February.

When tensions start to rise over school reopening details, communities can rally around anthems reminding them to negotiate in ways that will benefit children.

Russell Weaver explains the numbers behind rising unemployment claims as New York State reopens.

Recorded June 8 - Former Acting U.S. Secretary of Labor Seth Harris discusses the pandemic-related public policy issues affecting workers, labor markets, and workplaces.

YTI's Ellice Switzer discusses how the pandemic has created an elevated risk for many types of essential workers.

A June 3 report will provide more accurate figures about unemployment in New York state.

The average annual salary from 2014 to 2018 in New York state for a white worker was $60,808 as compared to $40,707 for a black worker in New York state, according to U.S. Census Bureau data.

Russell Weaver shows that New York State unemployment-insurance claims have reached a high while national numbers drop.

Russell Weaver helps answer the pressing question: "What is New York's unemployment rate?"

YTI's Thomas Golden discusses recent survey results that cover the impact of COVID-19 on Americans with disabilities and employment.

Russell Weaver asks whether we really want to "bounce back," instead of building better systems after the pandemic.

Russell Weaver outlines fluctuations in unemployment-insurance benefit claims in the context of national trends.

Russell Weaver explains the recent changes in national and New York State unemployment insurance claim numbers.

ILR Professor Francine Blau is the lead author of an analysis, published by “ECONOFACT,” of frontline workers and their pay.