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Hana Shepherd

Hana Shepherd is Associate Professor of Sociology at Rutgers University, where she is an affiliated scholar at the Workplace Justice Lab.

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Part-time employee Adriana Ruiz, 18, works on an order in the kitchen at a Wendy's restaurant owned by Lawrence Cheng and his family in Fountain Valley, Calif., June 20, 2024. California's minimum wage increase that went into effect in April and saw fast food workers across the state go from making $16 to $20 overnight is already having an impact on local operators who say they are reducing worker hours and raising menu prices as the sudden increase in labor costs leaves them scrambling for solutions. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Three Cheers for the Administrative State

New local labor laws aim to end worker exploitation. Can bureaucrats serve that vision?

Hana Shepherd, Janice Fine

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