Job Quality and Employer Practices: Evidence from B Corporations
A new WorkRise report explores how employer practices related to job quality differ between certified B Corporations and similar firms, revealing insights into worker benefits, firm outcomes, and strategies to improve job quality.
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A new WorkRise report explores how employer practices related to job quality differ between certified B Corporations and similar firms, revealing insights into worker benefits, firm outcomes, and strategies to improve job quality.
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Economic context, Care work, Scheduling
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Last updated on October 24, 2024
Segregation in the Low-Wage Workforce
Over the past 50 years, the composition of the low-wage workforce has changed: more than half of low-wage workers are now people of color, up from just 20 percent in 1971. Today, Black, Latino, and women workers are more likely to be segregated into worse-quality and lower-paying jobs.
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Skills and training, Support during upskilling , Native workers
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Community Colleges Have a Wealth of Strategies to Support Black, Latinx, and Indigenous Student Success
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Economic context, Immigrant workers
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Amid a Collapsing Labor Market, Pandemic Policy Response Reduced Poverty and Inequality
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Worker voice, representation, and power
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