SMLR Experts In the News

Telemundo Nuevo México interviews Jake Barnes about a workplace justice lab@RU study, which finds that New Mexico workers lost $300 million to minimum wage theft in 2021-22.

The Richard Eeds Show / SantaFe.com interviews Janice Fine of the workplace justice lab@RU about minimum wage violations in New Mexico.

Rutgers Today reports Divon Pender, who earned a degree in Human Resource Management at SMLR, will be the keynote speaker at a research symposium.

The Boston Globe talks to Eric Blanc and Rebecca Kolins Givan about the teachers strike in Newton, Massachusetts and the potential for more education strikes in the state.

Axios Twin Cities reports Minneapolis might create a new board to oversee worker safety, training, and even pay, quoting Janice Fine of the workplace justice lab@RU.

Quartz talks to David (DK) Kryscynski about the potential downsides of using employee recognition software to boost morale in the workplace.

Business Insider reports many people with disabilities are driving for Uber and Lyft, quoting Douglas Kruse and Lisa Schur of the Program for Disability Research.

The New York Times reports on KKR’s Ownership Works, quoting Joseph Blasi and citing data from the Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing.

BBC reports laying off too many middle managers can hurt employee engagement and cost valuable institutional knowledge, quoting Bill Castellano.

The Progressive Magazine publishes an article by Michael Felsen about a new U.S. Department of Labor regulation that clarifies who counts as an “employee.”