Institute for Research on Labor and Employment IRLE is an interdisciplinary institute at the University of California, Berkeley that connects world-class research with policy to improve workers’ lives, communities, and society. Read More Right Arrow News and Featured Research The Gender Wage Gap Conference Join us Sept 17 and 18 for an in-person conference with authors featured in a forthcoming Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society special issue examining reasons for gender wage gaps around the world and policy responses to them. Register Right Arrow PERB at 50 Conference Join us Sept 19 for a conference celebrating 50 years of the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) and exploring the past, present, and future of labor relations in California. Register Right Arrow Underpaid, Undervalued, and Essential: The Security Guard Workforce in the United States A new Labor Center report profiles the security guard workforce and shows why improving job quality in this sector is a matter both of economic justice and of public safety. Read More Right Arrow Quick Links Publications Student Opportunities Faculty Resources Press Releases Newsletter Signup Visiting Scholars Program
