SHRM Associate Professor Souha Ezzedeen was featured in an article for the Toronto Star, “Friction over the return to work is settling on a hated aspect of office life: getting there”, where she discussed how evolving aspects of work, including commuting, can be seen as a “Great Renegotiation” between employees and employers. “All this amount […]
The world of work is changing before our eyes. From a global pandemic that is shifting work practices daily to global movements and protests against anti-Black racism in society, professors from the School of Human Resource Management are contributing to the discussion in meaningful ways. Kelly Pike, assistant professor industrial relations, explores the deteriorating conditions of garment-sector workers in Lesotho in one of the recent articles titled “How […]
On Sept. 11 2019 the Toronto Star reported that California’s landmark bill on the so called “gig economy” was hailed as a victory for workers. The ‘gig economy’ refers to the classification of workers as independent contractors, allowing companies to evade workplace protections like minimum wage and payroll taxes. While this misclassification is illegal in […]