Publications
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Estimating the Impact of State Paid Sick Leave Laws on Worker Outcomes in the U.S. Service Sector, 2017–2023
Read the Full Article In the absence of a federal paid sick leave (PSL) standard, numerous U.S. states have passed…
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Labor market pathways to job quality mobility in the service sector: Evidence from the “Great Resignation”
We draw on new panel data collected from 8600 hourly service sector workers between 2017 and 2022 to estimate short-run…
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Compliance and the Complaint Gap: Labor Standards Violations in the California Service Sector
This report aims to illuminate the state of compliance with California’s core labor standards and the opportunities and barriers to…
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Most Hourly Workers at Large Service Sector Firms Still Lack Paid Sick Leave
Paid sick leave is essential for worker well-being and the public health, yet the United States does not have a…
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Mandates Narrow Gender Gaps In Paid Sick Leave Coverage For Low-Wage Workers In The US
Paid sick leave helps workers recover from illness and manage care obligations and protects public health. Yet access to paid…
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Good if you can get it: Benefits and inequalities in the expansion of paid sick leave during COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has focused attention on the important role that frontline retail, grocery, food service, and delivery workers play…
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Olive Garden’s Expansion Of Paid Sick Leave During COVID-19 Reduced The Share Of Employees Working While Sick
The COVID-19 pandemic has focused public and policy attention on the acute lack of paid sick leave for service-sector workers…
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Paid Sick Leave in Virginia: Evidence from the Shift Project
In the midst of a global pandemic, Paid Sick Leave is not just a convenience, but an important policy to…
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Essential and Vulnerable: Service-Sector Workers and Paid Sick Leave
Against the backdrop of a global health crisis, service-sector workers are newly visible. While millions of American workers have been…
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Paid sick leave in Washington state: Evidence on employee outcomes, 2016–2018
This article analyses if Washington State’s paid sick leave law increased access to paid sick leave, reduced employees’ working while…
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Estimates of Workers Who Lack Access to Paid Sick Leave at 91 Large Service Sector Employers
Using Shift survey data we share tabulations of the percent of hourly workers who report that they lack access to…