June 17, 2020

Unemployment situation is improving for some groups and not others, and you’ll never guess who

Unemployment is still terrible, but with some signs of improvement. What signs of improvement is an interesting question, and The New York Times’ Upshot jobless tracker suggests the answer is all too predictable, because what’s more predictable in the U.S. economy than inequality? The tracker finds the unemployment situation improving slightly for white people … while layoffs of Black people grow. And …

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The H-1B Termination “Stinger” in the Era of COVID-19: What Employers Need to Know

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and its global economic repercussions have forced many employers to make difficult choices regarding their workforces.  Businesses that employ workers who are not U.S. citizens must reckon with additional complications, as their decisions will affect both the employees’ livelihoods and their ability to remain in the United States. Given these challenges, …

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7 Best Practices to Accelerate Employee Safety in the Workplace

Research has shown there’s a direct link between worker productivity and workplace health and safety. These findings should be enough to motivate employers to accelerate the safety of all staff members in the workplace, and for many businesses, they have been.  “Safety culture” is a phrase often repeated, and it refers to the concept of …

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Madeline Messa

Madeline Messa is a 3L at Syracuse University College of Law. She graduated from Penn State with a degree in journalism. With her legal research and writing for Workplace Fairness, she strives to equip people with the information they need to be their own best advocate.