SMLR Experts In the News

Marketplace interviews Rebecca Kolins Givan of the Center for Work and Health about the tension between full-time hospital staff and the travel nurses who often earn more money.

KFMB-TV reports California’s minimum wage just increased to $14 an hour, quoting Yana Rodgers of the Center for Women and Work.

The New Republic publishes an op-ed co-authored by Christopher Mackin, a research fellow in the Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing, arguing that all Americans deserve a share of wealth.

WCBS-TV interviews Yana Rodgers of the Center for Women and Work, who says minimum wage hikes do not lead to massive job losses. | MSN republishes the story

KYW-TV interviews Yana Rodgers of the Center for Women and Work about the benefits of New Jersey’s minimum wage hike and why tipped workers should not be left behind.

U.S. News and World Report interviews Daniel Douglas of the Education and Employment Research Center about his study that finds students who work during college have higher earnings after graduation.

The Here’s Something Good podcast interviews Dorothy Sue Cobble about the bright spots for women during an otherwise challenging year.

Sinclair Broadcast Group interviews Michael Merrill, who says our economic downturn is more like an earthquake than a passing storm.

Crain’s Chicago Business publishes an op-ed arguing that employers should give their workers an ownership stake, citing research by the Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing.

NBC News quotes Carmen Martino of the Occupational Training and Education Consortium on the unique challenges for temp workers.