Institute for Research on Labor and Employment (IRLE)

75 Years of the Fair Labor Standards Act

75 Years of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FSLA)

IRLE and the US Department of Labor Co-Sponsor the 75th Anniversary of FSLA »

Working for Change

IRLE Researchers Featured at Berkeley Law Event

"Working for Change: Low-Wage Earners at the Tipping Point." »

Medi-Cal Expansion

UC Berkeley to guide job-training reboot for green economy

Donald Vial Center on Employment in the Green Economy »

Research Highlights

Increasing the Minimum Wage in San Jose: Benefits and Costs
Michael Reich
CWED, October 2012

6.3 Million Private Sector Workers in California Lack Access to a Retirement Plan on the Job
Nari Rhee
Labor Center, June 2012

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Publication Highlights

Minimum Wage Shocks, Employment Flows and Labor Market Frictions
Arindrajit Dube, T. William Lester and Michael Reich
Working Paper No. 149-13
July 2013

The Labor Market Four Years Into the Crisis: Assessing Structural Explanations
Jesse Rothstein
Working Paper No. 120-12
March 2012

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IRLE in the News

New York Times | November 30, 2013
The Minimum We Can Do

New York Times | November 16, 2013
Caught in Unemployment’s Revolving Door

Washington Post | October 15, 2013
Low Fast-Food Wages Come at High Public Cost, Reports Say

Ventura County Star | August 03, 2013
Minimum-Wage Increase: Boost for Workers or Bane for Businesses?

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