United States of America

Broken laws, unprotected workers: Violations of employment and labour laws in America’s cities

Going Nowhere Fast: Limited Occupational Mobility in the Fast Food Industry

Front-line jobs in the fast food industry—including cooks, cashiers, delivery workers, and other non-managerial positions—rank among the...

(In)dependent Contractor Misclassification

Numerous state-level studies show that between 10 and 20 percent of employers misclassify at least one worker as an independent contractor. ...

Street vendors at the border: From political spectacle to bureaucratic iron cage

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The Low-Wage Recovery and Growing Inequality

NELP Summary: This report updates NELP’s previous analyses of job loss and job growth trends during and after the Great Recession. More information...

Day labor, informality and vulnerability in South Africa and the United StatesInternational Journal of Manpower

Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to compare conditions in informal day-labor markets in South Africa and the USA to better understand...

Part-time and Temporary Work: Flexibility for Whom?

The Inequality of Declining Wages During the Recovery

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Informal and Nonstsandard Employment in the United States

Abstract: The informal economy, meaning employment and production that operate outside the regulatory and tax systems, tends to be overlooked...

The Macrosociology of Paid Domestic Labor