Annette Bernhardt

Annette Bernhardt co-directed the Economic Justice Project at New York University’s Brennan Center for Justice, which merged with NELP in 2008. She coordinates NELP’s policy analysis and research support for campaigns around living wage jobs, immigrant worker rights and accountable development. A leading scholar of low-wage work, she has helped develop and analyze innovative policy responses to the changing nature of work in the United States. She has published widely in journals such as the American Journal of Sociology, the American Sociological Review, and the Journal of Labor Economics, among others. She received Princeton University’s Richard A. Lester Prize for the Outstanding Book in Labor Economics and Industrial Relations and Cornell University’s Center for the Study of Inequality Distinguished Book Award, among others

LaborSeptember 4, 2009

Working Without Laws

Employment and labor law violations are still persistent in America. There is hope for change with the new administration.

Annette Bernhardt , Ruth Milkman and Nik Theodore
EconomyMarch 12, 2009

Rebuilding a Good Jobs Economy

In this deep economic crisis, we have an opportunity to set the bar higher. Let’s not just stimulate the economy; let’s rebuild it with good jobs.

Annette Bernhardt and Christine Owens
LawJuly 9, 2007

What We Owe the Working Poor

The Supreme Court’s recent decision to deny home-care workers the right to overtime pay is speeding a race to the bottom that will affect every working person.

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Annette Bernhardt

LaborSeptember 4, 2009

Employment and labor law violations are still persistent in America. There is hope for change with the new administration.

EconomyMarch 12, 2009

In this deep economic crisis, we have an opportunity to set the bar higher. Let’s not just stimulate the economy; let’s rebuild it with good jobs.

LawJuly 9, 2007

The Supreme Court’s recent decision to deny home-care workers the right to overtime pay is speeding a race to the bottom that will affect every working person.