Amid the Big Quit, here’s how to retain talent: ILR professor

Identifying top performers who are dropping hints they’re headed for new jobs is the first step in retaining valuable workers, Assistant Professor JR Keller and colleagues write. 

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ILR announces 2022 McPherson Awards

The 29th McPherson Honors and Awards Celebration was held Wednesday evening at the Statler Hotel.

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ILR comics describe their motivation for joining Humor Us! troupe

Two ILRies performing with Humor Us! on campus Friday explain how ILR’s curriculum encourages students to pursue anything, including comedy. 

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Taft Award Winners Announced

Each year, the ILR School sponsors the Philip Taft Labor History Award, given to the best book published in the previous year on the subject of labor and working-class history.

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Pandemic worsened inequality for migrant fishers

The pandemic has exacerbated problems facing international fishing industry workers including a decline in employment due to temporary port closures, wage theft, lack of personal protective equipment and their exclusion from pandemic relief programs.

Variable schedules harm workers and businesses

Variable work scheduling may provide short-term solutions to unpredictable market conditions, but can harm workers as well as business performance, new research suggests.

Conference features business competitions, Entrepreneur of the Year presentation

Entrepreneurship at Cornell's annual two-day conference offers speakers, business competitions and networking opportunities.

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Worker Institute study documents risks faced by NYS nail salon workers

A new Worker Institute report highlights the struggle to improve pay, benefits and labor conditions in New York state’s nail salon industry.

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Leading economist to give lecture on big data, inequality

Harvard professor Raj Chetty will discuss his research on improving equality of opportunity in America at the annual Distinguished Lecture in the Social Sciences, April 18 in Statler Auditorium.