Publications
Labor Standards
Unregulated Work in the Global City—Full Report & Chapter Downloads
This groundbreaking study rests on a simple premise: the many laws on the books to protect the working poor mean little if they are not enforced. This invisible economy is all around us. And as this report shows, it is not limited to a few sweatshops and fly-by-night firms. These practices appear to have spread to established and thriving industries.
Authored by: Annette Bernhardt, Siobhan McGrath & James DeFilippis
– 06/11/07
The Adequacy of New Jersey’s Minimum Wage
Policy Brief by the Brennan Center and Allies on the need to raise New Jersey’s minimum wage and annually adjust it for inflation.
Authored by: Paul Sonn
– 05/18/07
Analysis of Montana Minimum Wage Bill
Brennan Center report analyzing Montana House Bill 492—a proposal to roll-back wage protections for tipped workers in the state.
Authored by: Paul K. Sonn & Jennifer Sung
– 04/03/07
Citywide Minimum Wage Laws: A New Policy Tool for Local Governments
Authored by: Paul Sonn
– 05/01/06
Do New Yorkers Know the Minimum Wage?
Authored by: Brennan Center for Justice
– 02/26/06
Living Wage Laws & Communities: Smarter Economic Development, Lower Than Expected Costs (Executive Summary)
Authored by: Andrew Elmore
– 11/01/03
Living Wage Laws & Communities: Smarter Economic Development, Lower Than Expected Costs
Authored by: Andrew Elmore
– 11/01/03
The New York City Living Wage Law: How the Proposed Law Will Work
Authored by: Brennan Center for Justice, Fiscal Policy Institute
– 09/18/02