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August 28, 2007
Use and Abuse of the Family and Medical Leave Act: What Workers and Employers Say
By James Sherk
Special Report #16

June 26, 2007
A Bureaucratic Nightmare: The Senate's Temporary Guest Worker Program
By James Sherk
WebMemo #1525

June 04, 2007
Surety Bonds: A Better Solution Than Burdensome Workplace Immigration Enforcement
By James Sherk and William W. Beach
WebMemo #1482

June 01, 2007
The Senate's Workplace Immigration Enforcement Proposal: Too Much Federal Meddling
By Wes Dyck, William W. Beach, and James Sherk
WebMemo #1480

May 15, 2007
Congress Should Consider Alternatives to Mandatory Paid Sick Leave
By James Sherk
WebMemo #1457

May 10, 2007
Mandatory Paid Sick Leave Invites Misuse That Harms Co-Workers and Customers
By James Sherk
WebMemo #1450

April 23, 2007
How the Employee Free Choice Act Takes Away Workers' Rights
By James Sherk and Paul Kersey
Backgrounder #2027

March 05, 2007
Binding Arbitration: A Bad Deal for Workers
By Paul Kersey and James Sherk
WebMemo #1383

March 01, 2007
Interest Arbitration: Risky for Unions and Employers
By Paul Kersey and James Sherk
WebMemo #1378

January 23, 2007
Who Earns the Minimum Wage? Suburban Teenagers, Not Single Parents
By James Sherk and Rea S. Hederman, Jr.
WebMemo #1320

January 08, 2007
Raising the Minimum Wage Will Not Reduce Poverty
By James Sherk
Backgrounder #1994

January 02, 2007
Minimum Wage Hikes Hurt Unskilled and Disadvantaged Workers' Job Prospects
By James Sherk
WebMemo #1294

October 16, 2006
Shared Prosperity: Debunking Pessimistic Claims About Wages, Profits, and Wealth
By James Sherk
Backgrounder #1978

July 28, 2006
Minimum Wage Workers' Incomes Rise When the Minimum Wage Does Not
By James Sherk
WebMemo #1181

July 06, 2004
In the Dark on Job Training: Federal Job-Training Programs Have a Record of Failure
By David Muhlhausen, Ph.D., and Paul Kersey
Backgrounder #1774

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