Our new working paper with Michael Reich IRLE UC Berkeley is out! "Sectoral Wage-Setting in California" We provide the first causal evidence of the (highest in the US) $20 minimum wage for large fast-food chains in California, implemented on April 1, 2024. irle.berkeley.edu/publications/w… 1/7

How do performance evaluations affect turnover intentions? Download Laura Pohlan and Susanne Steffes new #OpenAccess Industrial Relations paper free to find out onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11… IRLE UC Berkeley Wiley Business

How does technology affect worker-level task prices? Find out in Femke Cnossen's new Industrial Relations paper. You can download it free via #OpenAccess here onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11… IRLE UC Berkeley Wiley Business

"After months of delays, the mandated min wage increase, the 1st in the US to target the health care industry, aims to alleviate workforce shortages & improve patient care. The raises could help recruit and retain workers in often tough, frontline jobs." kqed.org/news/12009797/…

Did California’s $20 fast food minimum wage immediately cost the state jobs and lead to massive price hikes when it went into effect? Critics predicted it would. A new study from the UC Berkeley Center on Wage and Employment Dynamics says it didn’t. msn.com/en-us/money/ca…

Michael Reich on the impacts a higher #minimumwage: “People would stop going to McDonald’s at $50/hr. But I don’t see those adverse effects at $17. It would have a minimal effect on jobs, a small increase on prices and a lot of benefits.” via Matt Egan cnn.com/2024/10/22/eco…

Thank you Hilda Gutierrez for the opportunity to provide insights into Dr. Michael Reichs research and to comment on this issue. Berkeley Labor Center IRLE UC Berkeley nbcbayarea.com/investigations…

Fri, Oct 25, 6–8pm: Celebration of Larry Itliong Day. An evening of film, conversation & community with a film screening of Delano Manongs: Forgotten Heroes of the United Farm Workers Movement, followed by discussion and presentations. Learn more! laborcenter.berkeley.edu/event/they-are…

📣A new California Policy Lab evaluation shows the City of Los Angeles' minimum wage ordinance increased earnings for food service workers without affecting their levels of employment. capolicylab.org/impact-of-los-… 🧵(1/6)

NEW EVENT! Mon. 12/2 "New Directions in the Study of Labor," with UC Berkeley grad students William Darwell (Jurisprudence & Social Policy UC Berkeley Law), Kristy Kim (Berkeley Economics), and Vera Parra (UC Berkeley Sociology). W/ IRLE UC Berkeley Berkeley Labor Center RSVP: forms.gle/scu7A3QTYh6q6V…

Out now and free to download: Thomas Breda and Alan Manning on diversity and social capital in the workplace onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11… Industrial Relations IRLE UC Berkeley Wiley Business

A sneak preview of Industrial Relations first issue of 2025 with articles on right-to-work states, worker wellbeing, automation and mental health, Australian health and safety, the psychological contract and collective bargaining in France IRLE UC Berkeley Wiley Business

New year, new role? Join us! The California Policy Lab is hiring a Researcher, focused on the University of California Consumer Credit Panel, one of the country's most detailed datasets covering the financial lives of Californians and Americans: capolicylab.org/careers/resear…

Out now the first issue of Industrial Relations in 2025. Includes 4 #OpenAccess papers free to download onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/1468232x/2… IRLE UC Berkeley Wiley Business

IRLE mourns the sudden loss of brilliant and beloved scholar and public sociologist Michael Burawoy.

Here's a sneak preview of our next issue IRLE UC Berkeley Wiley Business

A preview of @IRBerkeley final edition of the year. Packed with 8 papers. IRLE UC Berkeley Wiley Business UCL