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
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)
Report details that living wage laws have improved economic development in their communities and have cost much less to implement than most analysts initially expected.
Authored by: Andrew Elmore
– 11/01/03