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Linda Barrington's new Research for the Real World article focuses on [[{"fid":"69436","view_mode":"default","fields":{"format":"default"},"type":"media","link_text":"Hierarchy Bonuses...

Does paying top executives to achieve shareholder return actually improve firm performance? Hassan Enayati, research associate for the Institute for Compensation Studies within Cornell University...

Have you ever wondered how our brains process monetary incentives? Stephanie Thomas discusses the complex relationship between pay and performance in the June Research for the Real World column,...

Participants from The Worker Institute engaged in dialogue on strengthening the labor movement internationally

As the fight to raise the minimum wage gains momentum with wins in New York and California, Associate Professor Shannon Gleeson cautions that a higher minimum wage alone would not solve the issues...

Professor Emeritus Lois Gray co-authors article on administrative practices in US Unions in Bureau of Labor Statistics’ scholarly journal

The Jornalera Wage Theft App links the struggle for immigrant workers’ rights to the concept of community accountability

Worker Institute Undergraduate Research Fellows and faculty examine caregiving patterns and responsibilities among working-class men

Innovative labor leadership development program recognized by United Association for Labor Education for outstanding contribution to labor education

Professor Lois S. Gray, founding director of the ILR’s first Extension office, establishes fund and donates $1 million to support The Worker Institute

The call for increased transparency about why employees are paid what they are continues to draw more and more attention. This spotlight intensifies as companies approach the end of the calendar...

The Worker Institute’s KC Wagner presented research at annual conference of Domestic Violence at Work Network

In celebration of ILR's 70th anniversary, the ILR School presents a documentary chronicling a 2012 labor dispute involving undocumented workers at a NYC deli.

Patricia Campos Medina, Co-Director of the New York State/AFL-CIO Union Leadership Institute was named to PolitickerNJ’s list of 51 Most Influential Latinos in NJ Politics

No evidence found of link between firm performance and inclusion of TSR in executives’ long-term incentive plans

Union Communication Services Editor & Director Linda Donahue was celebrated at the Irish Labor 10 awards for her contributions to the labor movement

IBEW Local 3 recognizes collaborative effort to develop the Climate Jobs Program for New York State

30 academics from the United States and Europe met in Brussels, Belgium, for the 13th annual Transatlantic Social Dialogue

Adhikaar's Narbada Chhetri played a leading role in advocating for legislation that will greatly increase nail salon worker safety

This week, the Coalition to Prevent Lead Poisoning in Rochester, New York awarded The Worker Institute’s Art Wheaton with a Certificate of Appreciation

Last year, Hollaback! and The ILR School partnered to conduct a large-scale research survey on street harassment that spanned the 42 cities around the world.  The cross-cultural survey asked...

The Worker Institute invites you to a special screening of this acclaimed documentary as part of the Workers Unite Film Festival

Date: May 18, 2015
Time: 6:00 pm - 7:30pm...

Lou Jean Fleron, member of Cornell ILR’s Extension Faculty since 1977, was recently recognized as a “Women of Distinction” by the New York State Senate based on her role as “a positive...

The Worker Institute's new organizing guide is a step-by-step manual on organizing Women's Committees in worker organizations

The Labor Dynamics Institute welcomes Long Zhang as a postdoctoral fellow. Long is a statistician and data scientist who works on machine learning and statistical disclosure limitation. He comes...

Collective identity and trade union identification among immigrant workers in commercial cleaning

The Labor Dynamics Institute has a number of summer research projects, to which it invites undergraduate students to apply. More details can be found on...

An interview with United Federation of Teachers (UFT)'s Director of Community and Parent Outreach and President of the New York Branch of the NAACP

Processes of labor standards enforcement for Mexican immigrant workers

Changing Cornell's Drinking Norm, One Peer at a Time

Hong Kong protests changed young generation, captured international attention

Build labor rights into trade pact: Worker Institute's Compa

Professor Gary S. Fields has been named the winner of the 2014 Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) Prize in Labor Economics. This prize is the most prestigious in the field. Fields is...

Feeling entitled leads to more creativity, study shows

Every month the U.S. Bureau of Statistics releases its Employment Situation Report. This report, commonly called the Jobs Report or the Unemployment Report, is filled with thousands of...

Political correctness boosts creativity in male-female work teams, research shows

Moore brings corporate experience to research, scholarship and teaching

Classroom learning applied in ILR senior's leadership of The Cornell Daily Sun

Alcohol's impact in retirement detailed through Smithers Institute research

HR media taps ICS’ Thomas, Barrington on pay transparency

ICS contributing partner to $4m Employment and Disability Institute DOE grant

As jobs in hospitality, recreation and travel rebound, post-retirees find income-supplementing jobs and rewarding new work in parks, travel companies, and other recreation-related...

Hassan Enayati recently joined the Institute...

Open-access Issue of the Statistical Journal of the IAOS includes papers on synthetic business microdata from a session organized in 2013 at the...

Released April 30^th 2014, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' 12-month Employment Cost Index (ECI) reversed course this quarter, slipping to 1.8 percent. It had risen to 2.0 percent in...

John Abowd is the President-elect for the 2014 Society of Labor Economists Conference in Alexandria, VA,...