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Workers Can't Always Identify Sexual Harassment

Cornell Chronicle
New research from the ILR School suggests people who work in industries with high levels of sexual harassment have a harder time identifying inappropriate behavior.
A male food service worker improperly touching a female colleague in a commercial kitchen.
Workers Can't Always Identify Sexual Harassment

Worker-Centered Policy Doesn’t Center on All Workers

Assistant Professor Desirée LeClercq argues for more worker voice in U.S. “worker-centered’ trade policies.
A janitor working after hours in an office.
Worker-Centered Policy Doesn’t Center on All Workers

Women Resent Compliments About Communality at Work

Cornell Chronicle
Research from Assistant Professor Devon Proudfoot illustrates that women experience more anger than men when encountering gendered stereotypes - even when the stereotypes are positive.
Businesswoman with shadow of superhero.
Women Resent Compliments About Communality at Work

Investors’ Impact on Health Care Investigated

The financial stability of providers and their ability to serve patients is being threatened by Wall Street, according to new research co-authored by ILR Professor Rose Batt.
The Wall Street bull statue
Investors’ Impact on Health Care Investigated

Fighting For Worker Rights Takes Psychological Toll

New ILR research shows that individual workers who file claims over workplace rights violations suffer emotionally.
Stressed, unhappy girl or woman is under a storm of negative emotions with lightning and rain.
Fighting For Worker Rights Takes Psychological Toll

The Limits of the Platform Economy

Research Professor Ian Greer, M.S. ’03, Ph.D. 05, shows why some industries – specifically live music – do not become part of the platform economy.
Bass guitarist on stage
The Limits of the Platform Economy

Research of Four ILR Professors Featured

The August issue of the ILR Review includes articles co-authored by Adam Seth Litwin, Ian Greer, John McCarthy and JR Keller, exploring a range of work topics.
The cover of the ILR Review
Research of Four ILR Professors Featured

For-Profit Colleges Increase Students’ Debt, Default Risk

Cornell Chronicle
New research from Professor Michael Lovenheim outlines the pitfalls of attending a for-profit college.
A piggy bank wearing a mortar board
For-Profit Colleges Increase Students’ Debt, Default Risk

The Pitfalls of Variable Work Schedules

ILR doctoral student Hyesook Chung’s new research suggests that variable work scheduling may provide short-term solutions to unpredictable market conditions, but have potential negative impacts on both workers and business performance.
Workers standing in front of a work schedule
The Pitfalls of Variable Work Schedules

Matteson Awarded Academic Venture Fund Grant

Cornell Chronicle
Associate Professor David Matteson, along with researchers from the Dyson School and the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning, has been awarded an AVF grant for the project, “Mapping Poverty, Natural Hazards, and Critical Ecosystem Services for Equitable and Sustainable Development.”
David Matteson Awarded Grant
Matteson Awarded Academic Venture Fund Grant

Overlooked, Undervalued: Cornell Research Seeks to Elevate Home Care Workers

Cornell Chronicle
Professor Ariel Avgar, Ph.D. ’08 is part of an ambitious, multidisciplinary research program aimed at elevating the value of home care workers.
A home health aid and her patient on a telemedicine call
Overlooked, Undervalued: Cornell Research Seeks to Elevate Home Care Workers

Cohesion Drives Union Decision: Bishara Research

Tunisia’s General Labor Union choice to remain neutral illustrates the role of internal cohesion in shaping electoral behavior, according to new research.
Dina Bishara
Cohesion Drives Union Decision: Bishara Research

New Report Analyzes What Workers Really Want

Report, co-authored by Kate Bronfenbrenner and prepared by the Worker Empowerment Research Network (WERN), suggests a need to re-evaluate labor laws and employers’ responses to organization
Illustration of a protest
New Report Analyzes What Workers Really Want

The Power and Gratitude Imbalance

In studying how individuals feel and express gratitude, Assistant Professor Alice Lee has found that power dynamics play a crucial role.
Thank you note with flowers
The Power and Gratitude Imbalance

New Report from Cornell's Labor Leading on Climate Provides Roadmap to Exceed NYC Climate Goals, Create Over 1 Million Jobs

A new report released today by Cornell's Labor Leading on Climate in collaboration with the Climate Jobs NY coalition outlines a comprehensive climate jobs action plan for NYC to fight the climate crisis, make NYC safer and address racial and economic inequity by investing in a pro-worker renewable energy transition.
NYC Skyline
New Report from Cornell's Labor Leading on Climate Provides Roadmap to Exceed NYC Climate Goals, Create Over 1 Million Jobs

Impact of Incentives on Ethics Examined

The presence of incentives directly influences the odds that an individual will act unethically, according to research led by Associate Professor Tae Youn Park.
A carrot hanging from a string
Impact of Incentives on Ethics Examined

Calco, Falwell Partner with Public History Fellows

Cornell Chronicle
Through a new program sponsored by the Cornell Public History Initiative in partnership with the Cornell University Library, Steven Calco and Marcie Falwell of the Kheel Center worked with undergraduate fellows.
Steven Calco in the Kheel Center
Calco, Falwell Partner with Public History Fellows

2022 Migrations Awards Include Grant for Worker Institute Faculty on Central American Workers with Temporary Protective Status

The 2022 Migrations Awards include a Justice Futures Team Research Grant awarded to Patricia Campos-Medina and more for their project, “Displaced and Uprooted: Stories of Belonging, Central American TPS Workers' Defiant Struggle for their Right to Stay Home in the U.S.”
Patricia Campos Medina with TPS Worker
2022 Migrations Awards Include Grant for Worker Institute Faculty on Central American Workers with Temporary Protective Status

Global Severance Pay Program Outlined

When apparel factories shut down due to COVID-19, many workers lost their incomes. ILR’s New Conversations Project proposes a model to protect workers.
garment workers in a factory
Global Severance Pay Program Outlined

(Don’t) Take a Break

New research from the ILR School shows that students who take a break after high school are are less likely to enroll in college.
Student sitting in a classroom in Ives Hall.
(Don’t) Take a Break

Friedman Book Examines China’s Segregated School System

In his newest book, Eli Friedman illustrates how the Chinese government controls population in its largest cities by discriminating against rural migrants.
Eli Friedman with book cover
Friedman Book Examines China’s Segregated School System

Impact of Mindfulness on Stress, Behavior: Belot Research

Online exercises reduced perceived stress, but did not alter decision-making processes, at least when the training occurs at an adult age, researchers found.
A young man practices yoga in his living room.
Impact of Mindfulness on Stress, Behavior: Belot Research

Genetic Impact on Gut Microbiome Examined

Cornell Chronicle
Professor Martin Wells is a co-author of the cross-Cornell research paper “Collective Effects of Human Genomic Variation on Microbiome Function.”
Marty Wells standing in front of a bookcase.
Genetic Impact on Gut Microbiome Examined

Pre-quitting Behaviors Identified

Identifying top performers who are dropping hints they’re headed for new jobs is the first step in retaining valuable workers during this unprecedented period of resignations, Assistant Professor JR Keller and colleagues write.
Workers running towards exit
Pre-quitting Behaviors Identified

Study Documents Salon Worker Risks

A new Worker Institute report highlights the struggle to improve pay, benefits and labor conditions in New York state’s nail salon industry.
Nail salon workers protest
Study Documents Salon Worker Risks

Disadvantage Impacts White Men’s Perception of Privilege

Cornell Chronicle
New research by Assistant Professor Sean Fath finds that white men who have experienced disadvantages in the workplace – particularly when associated with a social identity – are more likely to recognize disadvantages faced by others and to understand the privilege they enjoy as white.
A sign stating, "I am white & privileged"
Disadvantage Impacts White Men’s Perception of Privilege

NYS Cannabis Workforce Initiative Surveys Industry

Cornell Chronicle
Cannabis employers see lack of training and skills, as well as lack of awareness of career opportunities, as two of the largest obstacles to achieving social equity in the adult-use market.
A young woman tends to plants
NYS Cannabis Workforce Initiative Surveys Industry

The Need to Revamp Refugee Resettlement

Professor Shannon Gleeson and co-authors argue for a re-imagined resettlement system that would allow refugees to enjoy greater long-term employment opportunities.
Refugees sleeping under Red Cross blankets
The Need to Revamp Refugee Resettlement

Kheel Center’s Triangle Fire Site Honored

A virtual exhibit of items illustrating the tragedy that had a huge impact on workplace regulations won an award from the American Industrial Hygiene Association.
Drawing "The Locked Door!" refers to the Triangle fire and depicts young women throwing themselves against a locked door in an attempt to escape the flames.
Kheel Center’s Triangle Fire Site Honored

Maine Lobster Traps Tell Cultural Story

A confrontation between Maine lobster fishers and conservationists reveals complex entanglements between climate change and settler colonialism, says ILR Associate Professor Sarah Besky.
Maine lobster traps on a pier
Maine Lobster Traps Tell Cultural Story

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