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November 19, 2024 | Report/Brief | Lorena Roque

A Framework for the Gig Economy: Why We Must Protect Workers & Hold Corporations Accountable

App-based workers deserve fair pay and predictable schedules. CLASP's newest publication provides a framework for policymakers to use when determining how to best improve working conditions and boost our economy.

January 1, 2021 | Report/Brief | Pronita Gupta

Creating Good Jobs for Working Families

True economic recovery will require building back highquality jobs in all sectors—here is a set of CLASP recommendations for the Biden-Harris Administration.

October 19, 2020 | Report/Brief | Adewale Maye

In Their Own Voices: How Workers Earning Low Wages Struggle with COVID-19

Over the past several months, CLASP has been collecting stories from workers nationwide to amplify and assess the needs of workers during the on-going COVID-19 pandemic. This brief reports on some initial findings of workers’ challenges in balancing work and caring for themselves or loved ones when…

May 20, 2020 | Report/Brief

Underemployment Just Isn’t Working for U.S. Part-Time Workers

Underemployment disproportionately afflicts people who have been historically marginalized and anybody facing barriers to economic security. Using these broader measures, our study finds that 4 in 10 part-time workers prefer more hours of work, compared to wanting the same or fewer hours.

September 26, 2019 | Report/Brief | Pronita Gupta

Low Job Quality Leaves Workers and Our Economy More Vulnerable to the Next Recession

The Great Recession demonstrated that poor-quality jobs worsen poverty for low-wage workers, especially workers of color. This brief examines the impact of the last recession.

September 12, 2019 | Report/Brief

Why Workers and Their Families Need Predictable Scheduling

This brief provides insight into what unpredictable scheduling is, analyzes its impact across different demographics, and offers an overview of solutions for ensuring fair scheduling and protecting workers.

June 21, 2017 | Report/Brief

Scheduling on the Cutting Edge: Implementation of San Francisco’s First-in-the-Nation Fair Scheduling Law

This report overview San Francisco's fair job scheduling ordinance, surveying workers to spotlight the law's great promise as well as the need to better implement it.

June 16, 2017 | Report/Brief

Doubling Down: How Work Requirements in Public Benefit Programs Hurt Low-Wage Workers

Recently renewed efforts to impose work requirements as a condition of receipt for public benefits programs reflect a profound misunderstanding of the realities of low-wage jobs.

June 7, 2017 | Report/Brief

Effective Worker Interview Techniques

This 2012 guide from the Workers Rights Consortium provides effective techniques for labor rights enforcement agencies to interview workers when their rights are violated.

May 5, 2017 | Report/Brief

Getting Down to Business (May 2017)

This issue of getting down to business covers paid leave wins in Maryland and Colorado.

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