This special issue leverages the migrant experience to better understand precarity and
agency in the contemporary world. By way of introduction, we examine the broader bodies of …

The growth of income inequality is now recognized to be one of the most important
developments in employment relations of our time. While inequality has increased in many …

Noncompliance--a critical aspect of organizational life--fits into the core of many social
science disciplines. However, to date, the diverse knowledge on the subject has not been …

Research has established that being undocumented is a risk factor for mental and physical
health conditions. Much of this work emphasizes undocumented immigrants' chronic stress …

Over the last century, workers in the United States have come to enjoy an expanding array of
workplace protections. The minimum wage has continued to increase, albeit sporadically …

Work requirements backed by threats of incarceration offer a fertile but neglected site for
sociolegal inquiry. These “carceral work mandates” confound familiar accounts of both the …

Prior work has documented the remarkable decline in the real wages of Mexican immigrant
workers in the US over the past several decades. Although some of this trend might be …

The nature of employment is changing: low wage jobs are increasingly common, fewer
workers belong to unions, and workplaces are being transformed through the growth of …

Objectives. To estimate if Washington State's paid sick leave law increased access to paid
sick leave, reduced employees' working while sick, and relieved care burdens. Methods. I …

The Fair Labor Standards Act's minimum wage laws provide important protections for
workers. However, it still permits employers to pay subminimum wages to youth under age …