workplace justice lab@RU In the News

FOX 31 Denver reports Denver Labor recovered a record $2.3 million for workers after a report by the Workplace Justice Lab@RU revealed widespread wage theft in the city.

Texas Observer reports the Texas Workforce Commission is struggling to process the growing number of cases, quoting Jenn Round of the Workplace Justice Lab@RU.

ProPublica investigates how a seasonal visa program has failed to protect migrant farmworkers. The story cites a Workplace Justice Lab@RU report.

NJ Spotlight News reports the state might reclassify some independent contractors as employees. The segment includes testimony by Jake Barnes of the Workplace Justice Lab@RU.

The New Yorker writes about the politics of the subminimum wage for restaurant servers. The story cites wage theft data from the Workplace Justice Lab@RU.

WHYY talks to Hana Shepherd, a senior researcher in the Workplace Justice Lab@RU, about her new report on heat exposure in the service sector.

Rutgers Today writes about a new report co-authored by Hana Shepherd, a senior researcher in the Workplace Justice Lab@RU.

The Philadelphia Inquirer covers a Workplace Justice Lab@RU report on the shrinking number of federal wage and hour investigators, quoting Jake Barnes and Janice Fine.