Student Voices

Employers may want to require a vaccine in the workplace to maintain employee health, but there are many restrictions in doing so.

The pandemic has highlighted the significance of essential workers and offers opportunities to improve their working conditions. ILR senior Mika Forman-Yossifov discussed New York state and city legislation being introduced to protect essential workers’ labor rights.

A qualitative study conducted by alumna Ayesha Ejaz, MILR ’20, with employees and hiring managers which provides insight into challenges of virtual onboarding across industries during COVID-19, followed by some recommendations to make it a better experience for future employees.

Establishing an empathetic attitude and prioritizing feedback will help foster honest conversations between employees and management, which will help mitigate the negative impacts of remote work on communication.

COVID-19 has caused a surge in app usage especially in the wellness space, will this be our “new normal” and if so how should companies adapt to this trend?

Employers and employees must work together to ensure employee voting rights are secured.

Two ILR students propose a road map for real change in diversity and inclusion practices in this time of crisis.

The NLRB has allowed exempted the duty to bargain in the past in response to emergency situations like the pandemic. ILR Senior, Katherine Heaney helps navigate the complexities of wage adjustments available under the law.

The COVID-19 crisis continues to disproportionately impact minorities in the workplace.

Remote onboarding leaves many new hires feeling unsupported by supervisors, distracted by the challenges of managing teams shifted to working from home due to the pandemic.

Remote work weakens trust among co-workers, but efficiency and financial performance improve when team members support each other’s projects.

The shift to increased work from home is accelerating existing use of people analytics and other tools, including organizational network analysis, which maps informal and formal workplace relationships.

Employers should expand accommodations policies to include people living with immunocompromised individuals, says an ILR student.