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Title: Advances and Setbacks in Turbulent Times
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Publication Year: 2019
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Abstract: In 2017, the NYC Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) Office of Labor Policy & Standards (OLPS) released its first annual report, The State of Workers’ Rights in New York City, which detailed findings from OLPS’s first public hearing. In its continuous efforts to align the office’s work to the needs and critical concerns of workers, OLPS organized a second public hearing on the state of workers’ rights on July 17, 2018 at LaGuardia Community College in Long Island City, Queens, in collaboration with the NYC Commission on Human Rights (the Commission) and the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs (MOIA). July’s hearing featured oral and written testimony from 40 workers and organizations. In testimony, workers and worker advocates vividly depicted a wide array of labor rights violations: ? The issue of wage theft, including for independent contractors, permeated the testimonies of immigrant and non-immigrant workers alike. ? Some workers, particularly in the construction and nail salon industries, expressed concerns about physical health due to inadequate workplace safety standards. ? Inadequate job security, discrimination, fraud, and waning workplace protections—all were recounted as a source of physical and emotional strain. Participants also highlighted the unique challenges for immigrant workers in both learning about and acting on their rights, including new rights under NYC’s expanded Paid Safe and Sick Leave Law and Fair Workweek Law...
Url: https://a860-gpp.nyc.gov/bitstream/gpp/22858/1/StateofWorkersRights-Report-2019.pdf
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Authors: de Blasio, Bill; Salas, Lorelei
Publisher: NYC Department Consumer Affairs
Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Migration and Immigration
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