Policy Briefs
Parent: Institute for Research on Labor and Employment
eScholarship stats: History by Item for June through September, 2026
| Item | Title | Total requests | 2026-09 | 2026-08 | 2026-07 | 2026-06 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4bw3r05p | California Homecare Worker Exclusions from Taxes and Benefits: The Legal Framework | 361 | 208 | 76 | 33 | 44 |
| 95d7v8qp | The Need for a Better Deal for Workers & Residents in Inland Southern California: A Case Study of QVC Inc.’s 2015 Operating Covenant Agreement with Ontario, California | 230 | 99 | 37 | 22 | 72 |
| 4vr8671z | The High Road to Economic Prosperity: An Assessment of the California Workforce Development Board’s High Road Training Partnership Initiative | 222 | 63 | 46 | 60 | 53 |
| 031649nf | How Can Universities Foster Educational Equityfor Undocumented College Students:Lessons from the University of California | 193 | 67 | 45 | 39 | 42 |
| 3sd3m06k | Undocumented Immigrants, Driver’s Licenses, and State Policy Development: A Comparative Analysis of Oregon and California | 184 | 69 | 58 | 31 | 26 |
| 98f8556s | California’s Hero Labor Law: The Private Attorneys General Act Fights Wage Theft and Recovers Millions from Lawbreaking Corporations | 155 | 38 | 39 | 30 | 48 |
| 4bb4v8bz | Career Ladders in Health Care Support Occupations | 152 | 48 | 69 | 24 | 11 |
| 04x4z6xq | Local Government Models of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Employment | 149 | 35 | 44 | 20 | 50 |
| 772804gd | Competitive Strategies and Worker Outcomes in the US Retail Industry | 138 | 34 | 57 | 12 | 35 |
| 5fp0z1z1 | OSHA at 40: Looking Back, Looking Ahead | 124 | 53 | 44 | 13 | 14 |
| 8p6495b8 | Not Just Pensions: The Social Origins of Municipal Bankruptcy in California | 120 | 55 | 22 | 11 | 32 |
| 5xp2f832 | The Spatial Politics of Street Vending in Los Angeles | 112 | 31 | 40 | 15 | 26 |
| 0196m0hm | Workers as Health Monitors: An Assessment of Los Angeles County’s Workplace Public Health Council Proposal | 108 | 48 | 27 | 15 | 18 |
| 4f78h2nc | Tripartite Consultation in China | 106 | 37 | 48 | 9 | 12 |
| 52t8f41k | Informal Interactions, Gender, and Hierarchy: Barriers to Nurse-Physician Collaboration in a West Coast Hospital | 102 | 33 | 19 | 9 | 41 |
| 31w6j318 | Dismantling Disparity: Breaking Barriers to Employment | 101 | 24 | 25 | 23 | 29 |
| 6b56v27p | From Undocumented to DACAmented: Benefits and Limitations of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Program, Three Years Following its Announcement | 89 | 40 | 16 | 6 | 27 |
| 5dn0b14r | Health Care Needs and Access Among Warehouse Workers in Southern California | 88 | 26 | 36 | 14 | 12 |
| 9n3060g7 | Driven to Poverty: Misclassification & Wage Theft in Southern California’s Short Haul Trucking Industry | 87 | 36 | 28 | 12 | 11 |
| 6qv034xg | Young Workers in California: A Snapshot | 86 | 23 | 30 | 13 | 20 |
| 5tf6393z | Mobilizing Informal Workers for Urban Resilience: Linking Poverty Alleviation and Disaster Preparedness | 85 | 26 | 28 | 9 | 22 |
| 4279b3v7 | Why the City of Ontario Needs to Raise the Minimum Wage: Earnings Among Warehouse Workers in Inland Southern California | 84 | 17 | 19 | 30 | 18 |
| 4h52w6x5 | Business Incubators in Metropolitan Los Angeles: Job Creators or Boondoggles? | 82 | 26 | 24 | 14 | 18 |
| 88p788s5 | Enforcement Strategies for Empowerment: Models for the California Domestic Worker Bill of Rights | 82 | 27 | 23 | 15 | 17 |
| 8h3265k1 | Good, Green, Safe Jobs: The Los Angeles Green Retrofit and Workforce Program | 81 | 28 | 19 | 9 | 25 |
| 6m424759 | What Property Tax Limitation Does to Local Public Services | 79 | 38 | 18 | 8 | 15 |
| 4096825r | The ‘Raise the Wage’ Coalition in Los Angeles: Framing Opportunity Against Corporate Power | 76 | 31 | 23 | 3 | 19 |
| 1ng4q448 | Wage Inequality and the Liberalization of Industrial Relations in the United States | 69 | 15 | 21 | 14 | 19 |
| 6pk2h3sr | Unions and Education Justice: The Case of SEIU Local 1877 Janitors and the “Parent University” | 66 | 19 | 22 | 7 | 18 |
| 2kc9b94m | Why a Domestic Workers Bill of Rights? | 65 | 26 | 20 | 8 | 11 |
| 87q47588 | Reaching the Dream – The Federal DREAM Act, the California Dream Act, and Undocumented Student Activism | 64 | 34 | 12 | 7 | 11 |
| 08n8189b | Where There Are Few Unions: Health and Safety Education for Organizing in Export Zones | 63 | 26 | 11 | 13 | 13 |
| 5637w08t | Eyes on Labor: Documentaries on Work in the Neoliberal Era | 63 | 19 | 22 | 10 | 12 |
| 23r0p9dp | Labor as the Bridge: Bringing Together Low-Wage Workers and Family Child Care Providers to Meet Care Needs | 62 | 16 | 21 | 13 | 12 |
| 3xh4b5tt | Family and Medical Leave in the U.S.: Incremental Policy and State Legislative Action | 62 | 21 | 29 | 6 | 6 |
| 3dv9920b | Current Challenges to Workers and Unions in Brazil | 58 | 10 | 23 | 5 | 20 |
| 841304g4 | Project Labor Agreements in Los Angeles: The Example of the Los Angeles Unified School District | 57 | 19 | 23 | 3 | 12 |
| 6nn9g3t7 | California Crisis: The Ups and Downs of Recovery--Where Have the Unemployed Workers Gone? | 55 | 24 | 14 | 3 | 14 |
| 5wb8w6cb | Who Pays for Property Tax Limitation, and Who Benefits? | 54 | 23 | 21 | 4 | 6 |
| 81s6b27r | Los Angeles Black Worker Center - A New Sense of Power of the People: Fighting for Equity, Transparency, Accountability and Justice in the 21st Century Labor Market | 53 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 16 |
| 6hp461x3 | California Crisis: The United States and California Two and a Half Years After the End of the Great Recession | 52 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 19 |
| 9pw6151k | Removing Barriers to Postsecondary Success for Undocumented Students in Southern New Mexico | 52 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 11 |
| 83t3z81x | Wage Theft Along California’s South Coast: A Survey of Low Wage Workers in Santa Barbara and Goleta | 45 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 13 |
| 8n00s5tv | Family and Medical Leave in the U.S.: Incremental Policy and State Legislative Action | 42 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 19 |
| 0vm5b6pm | California Crisis: A Portrait of Unemployed Workers | 40 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 |
| 1bj2p75s | Enforcement Strategies for Empowerment: Models for the California Domestic Worker Bill of Rights | 40 | 5 | 14 | 10 | 11 |
| 5548x6m8 | Representations of Unions in American and Canadian Social Studies Standards | 39 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 14 |
| 4qr9s7qn | California Crisis: Unemployment Outspaces U.S. in Recession | 37 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 12 |
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