Latest Reports
Carly McCann & Donald Tomaskovic-Devey
This report provides a broader understanding of workplace pregnancy discrimination by analyzing all 26,650 pregnancy discrimination charges filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and state Fair Employment Practices Agencies (FEPAs) between 2012 and 2016. Our analysis reveals pregnancy discrimination to be a unique, and subsequently difficult to address, form of workplace discrimination.
Clare Hammonds, Jasmine Kerrissey & Donald Tomaskovic-Devey
With some of the strongest labor protections in the country, Massachusetts is probably one of the best states to be an essential worker. Even with those protections, our survey of over 2500 essential workers in Massachusetts from April 24 to May 1, 2020 found they faced widespread safety, stress, and family insecurity hardships. The hardships we found for essential workers in Massachusetts are likely to be even worse elsewhere in the country.
Donald Tomaskovic-Devey, Rodrigo Dominguez-Villegas & Eric Hoyt
Almost 80% of all U.S. private sector employment is in the service sector, totally some 129 million jobs. The coronavirus pandemic poses a unique threat to these, either by eliminating jobs or putting workers at greater risk of infection. They are also among the least equipped to deal with these risks.
J.D. Swerzenski, Donald Tomaskovic-Devey & Eric Hoyt
Despite their status as the largest U.S. minority group, among the four largest U.S. ethnic groups Hispanics executives are the least likely to get executive level jobs. As our analysis of EEOC employment data for large and mid-sized companies shows, these rates vary greatly by city.
Carly McCann, Donald Tomaskovic-Devey and M. V. Lee Badgett
#MeToo, #TimesUp, and related movements have brought renewed attention to workplace sexual harassment. However in everyday workplaces, the vast majority of allegations go unreported, and those that do report tend to face troubling outcomes.
Donald Tomaskovic-Devey & Joo-Hee Han
In this report, we ask a set of new questions: Are all of the largest firms in the Northern California Tech sector consistently tilted toward white men? Or, as we suspect, is there important firm variation in the ability to recruit and retain a more diverse workforce? Are there firms that demonstrate that diversity is currently possible in Silicon Valley?
Pregnancy Discrimination in the Workplace
Stressed, Unsafe, and Insecure: Essential Workers Need A New, New Deal
How the COVID-19 Recession Affects Low Wage Workers
Where Are the Hispanic Executives?
Employer’s Responses to Sexual Harassment
Is Silicon Valley Tech Diversity Possible Now?