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How Well is Fair Workweek Working? A Review of Existing Research
Read the Full Report Work schedule instability and unpredictability have been identified as critical threats to hourly workers’ well-being, on…
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The Double Bind of Precarious Work: Creating Need and Undermining Support
Read the Full Article For most adults in the United States, participation in the labor force is a normative expectation…
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Fair Workweek Laws in the U.S.: An Appraisal of Intended and Unintended Consequences
Read the Full Article Fair Workweek laws, implemented in several large cities and one state, represent a new wave of…
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The prevalence and consequences of punitive time and attendance policies in the food and retail industries
Read the Full Article Work time control and flexibility are beneficial for workers, but many low-income, hourly workers face rigid…
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Points-Based Attendance Systems Associated With Presenteeism Despite Paid Sick Leave Protections
Read the Full Article Presenteeism, or attending work despite being ill enough to warrant absence, is endemic among working Americans.…
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Work Schedule Quality and the Production of Parental Stress and Parenting Time
Read the Full Article A large body of literature has documented the effects of work scheduling practices, such as nonstandard…
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Parents’ precarious work schedules and children’s asthma management
Read the Full Article Many working parents in the United States are employed in jobs that expose them to challenging…
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Unpredictable and Unstable: Fast Food Jobs in Los Angeles
Read the Full Article Over the past ten years, fast food workers have been at the center of powerful social…
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Managing motherhood: how “queen bee” managers in the US service sector reduce motherhood advantages in work scheduling
Read the Full Article This study advances sociological theories of motherhood-based workplace inequalities by examining how frontline managers shape mothers’…
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Direct Experience with Poor Working Conditions and Partisan Labor Policy Preferences
Read the Full Article Do Republicans and Democrats who hold jobs with poor working conditions have similar views on pro-union…
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Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance for Workers in the Hourly Service Sector
Read the Full Article In defending the Medicaid cuts in HR 1, policymakers have argued that Medicaid coverage losses would…
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Beyond borders: Does firm-level exposure to state and local paid sick leave mandates lead to intra-firm spillovers?
Read the Full Article States and localities have passed labor standards to raise the floor on job quality, including mandating…
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