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Even at large employers, few frontline service workers in Virginia have access to paid sick leave
According to research conducted by The Shift Project, only a third of workers at the 103 largest service sector industry…
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End of $600 unemployment boost pushes more households to the edge
In a new paper, Daniel Schneider, Peter Tufano, and Annamaria Lusardi examine household economic fragility during the COVID outbreak. They…
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Floridians Fared Worst in Study of Pandemic Unemployment Relief
The Shift Project’s brief on unemployment insurance (UI) reveals notable differences in access to the benefit across US states. In…
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Unemployed faced major barriers to financial support
The Harvard Gazette covers the release of The Shift Project’s new research brief on service sector workers’ access to unemployment…
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‘There are dire consequences’: Cashiers, delivery drivers struggled to get unemployment this spring as COVID-19 layoffs surged
This article discusses The Shift Project’s Fall ‘20 research on service sector workers’ access to unemployment insurance (UI). Daniel Schneider…
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Essential workers should be treated with more respect
In this op-ed, Kristen Harknett and Daniel Schneider invite employers, policymakers, and others to reimagine how they think about essential…