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Demanding Rights in an On-Demand Economy

Date Published:

2018-05-15

Description:

This report summarizes key findings from the Office’s work implementing the Freelance Isn’t Free Act in its first year. This law gives freelance workers the legal right to written contracts, timely payment, and freedom from retaliation.

Agency:

Consumer and Worker Protection, Department of (DCWP)

Subject(s):

Labor and Employment and Human Rights

Report Type:

Reports - Annual
Making Paid Care Work Visible

Date Published:

2018-03-27

Description:

This report, using focus group and survey results, documents the experiences of New York City’s home-based paid care workers in their own words, offering a bottom-up perspective that is often lacking in public policy debates.

Agency:

Consumer Affairs, Department of (DCA)

Subject(s):

Human Rights, Discrimination, and Labor and Employment

Report Type:

Other
The State of Workers’ Rights in New York City

Date Published:

2017-09-20

Description:

This report details emerging gaps in labor protections and offers policy solutions to these growing concerns. It summarizes the testimony of 110 workers given during a public hearing in April 2017.

Agency:

Consumer Affairs, Department of (DCA)

Subject(s):

Human Rights and Labor and Employment

Report Type:

Other