On 14 January 2026, the UK High Court ruled that claims against Dyson relating to alleged human rights abuses in its global ...
Goodbye New START: How China’s Rise Ended Nuclear Arms Control The new U.S.-Malaysia trade agreement’s forced labor import ban requirement may pose new risks for Taiwanese electronics firms. But it’s ...
This paper examines the role of ‘healthy aging’ in boosting labor supply in Korea. First, we use microdata from surveys to assess whether there is evidence that the physical abilities of individuals ...
The Manifest Modernization Act enhances forced labor risk identification, assists Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in trade enforcement action, levels the playing field for legitimate trade, and ...
Researchers at Columbia University say the use of prison labor in Hyundai’s supply chain is driving down the wages of non-incarcerated workers by as much as 14%. A new study from Columbia University’s ...
When we think of the federal government being shut down, what we commonly picture are National Parks closed, flights grounded, even delays in Social Security benefits due to staffing shortages. Rarely ...
Payroll job growth has slowed significantly in the past year. Slower job growth is typically associated with rising unemployment, yet the unemployment rate has barely budged, edging up from 4.2% in ...
Payroll job growth has slowed significantly in the past year, yet the unemployment rate has barely budged. This has led policymakers to conjecture that labor supply has slowed. Our recent SF Fed Blog ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Workers harvest corn at Yakama Nation Farms in Wapato, Washington, on July 31. (Emree Weaver—Bloomberg via Getty Images) The Trump ...
About 40% of farmworkers in the U.S. are undocumented immigrants, and they’ve become a focus of the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration crackdown. Terrorized farmworkers have been forced ...
Enacted in December 2021, the UFLPA aims to prevent the importation of goods mined, produced, or manufactured, wholly or in part, with forced labor in the People’s Republic of China. The law ...
Despite recent progress, Türkiye’s low labor force participation (LFP) rate is macrocritical and stands out internationally. This paper examines two channels through which fiscal policy can affect LFP ...