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Scholarly Works (49 results)

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Recent Work (2018)

This testimony reviews the state of research on automation, discusses the importance of focusing on job quality in the technology debates, and identifies key policy questions.

    Cover page: Little Hoover Commission testimony on New Technologies and the Future of Work in California
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    Recent Work (2014)
    Berkeley Blog post. Yesterday’s Supreme Court ruling on Harris v. Quinn may seem like a narrow decision on the technical details of union dues. In fact, it lays bare one of the fundamental injustices to workers’ rights in the U.S., and a looming policy failure as the country struggles to care for a rapidly aging population.
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      Recent Work (2023)
      Berkeley Blog post. Employers are increasingly using digital technologies to hire, manage, and monitor workers, largely without any regulation. But on January 1, California took a first step towards worker data rights when new amendments to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) went into effect and covered workers at large businesses.
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        Recent Work (2017)

        To state the obvious, humans are the creators of new technology and can shape the path it takes (at least for now). Automation and displacement are not the only possible outcome.

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          Recent Work (2018)
          If you’ve consumed any media on the gig economy during the last several years, you were probably seriously confused last Thursday. That’s when the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its new survey data on contingent workers, which was much anticipated because the last time the survey was conducted was in 2005. Given the endless coverage of Uber and freelancing as paradigmatic of the 21st century labor market, expectations were that the new data would show significant increases in contingent work.
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            Recent Work (2015)
             California has a serious low-wage jobs problem, and it’s only gotten worse over the past 15 years.
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              Working Paper Series (2014)
                Cover page: Labor Standards and the Reorganization of Work: Gaps in Data and Research
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                Recent Work (2018)

                In this report, we present data for the state of California on the union advantage in wages and employer-sponsored health and retirement benefits for women, workers of color, and immigrants.

                  Cover page: The Union Effect in California #2: Gains for Women, Workers of Color, and Immigrants
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                  Recent Work (2017)

                  In this paper we (1) provide a clear framework to help define gig work and understand how it relates to other forms of work being discussed and (2) draw on current research to identify what we know (and don’t know) about the prevalence of gig work, the demographics of the workforce, and job quality outcomes, using data on California where possible.

                    Cover page: What Do We Know About Gig Work in California? An Analysis of Independent Contracting
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                    Recent Work (2016)

                    we describe a methodology we have developed for estimating the additional child care subsidy funding needed to cover the cost of a state minimum wage increase for programs administered by the California Department of Education (CDE) and the Department of Social Services through the CalWORKs 1 (Welfare to Work) program.

                      Cover page: Estimating the Cost of Raising Child Care Workers’ Wages for State Subsidy Programs: A Methodology Applied to California’s New State Minimum Wage Law
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