Since long before the recession, workers have increasingly experienced conflicts between their lives and the labor market. Evolving employment conditions have led to more precarious work arrangements and higher numbers of underemployed and separated workers. We will discuss immediate solutions such as accessing time-limited federal funds for state work sharing programs. We will also look to the future by exploring how to assure support for underemployed/ separated workers in a your-on-your-own labor market and an unemployment system that’s reaching a shrinking portion of the workforce. The session will include research and experiences from the states.
A sociologist by training, Nancy has dedicated her career to researching and promoting policies that increase economic opportunity and security for low-income children and families. After a long tenure at Columbia University’s National Center for Children in Poverty and a brief... Read More →
Annette serves as an independent consultant working to improve family economic well-being at local, state, and national levels by advancing policy research, development, and implementation. Her portfolio of policy issues consists of economic security, public supports, tax and budget... Read More →
George Wentworth is a Senior Staff Attorney with the National Employment Law Project (NELP), a national non-profit organization that conducts research and advocates on behalf of policies that help low-income and unemployed workers. George oversees the work of NELP’s Unemployment... Read More →
Research Director, Montana Budget and Policy Center
Sarah is the Research Director for the Montana Budget and Policy Center (MBPC). Prior to joining MBPC, she was the Fiscal Analysis Director at Voices for Utah Children. For the last 10 years, she has worked providing public policy analysis and lobbying for shared prosperity, fair... Read More →
Wednesday October 9, 2013 10:00am - 11:10am EDT
Independence D
