Faculty Armando Ibarra and Alexia Kulwiec have been awarded funding through the Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the Wisconsin Department of Health Services to further their work in helping to prevent the spread …
COVID-19
COVID-19 related legal matters
The EEOC has issued guidance that employers can require COVID-19 tests and vaccines as a condition of working. However, employers cannot require antibody tests. Disabled employees who cannot take the test or vaccine are exempt, …
Associate Professor Ibarra awarded research funds for Essential Immigrant Workers, Inequality and COVID-19 project
Congratulations to Associate Professor Armando Ibarra, whose research project has been selected by the Understanding and Reducing Inequalities Initiative. Ibarra will work with two university co-principle investigators – Carolina Sarmiento of Civil Society and Community …
COVID-19 worker relief update
The latest federal COVID-19 relief bill continues some assistance to workers impacted by the pandemic. It will provide an additional $300 per week of unemployment benefits on top of state benefits through September 6, 2021. …
Updated Legal Rights for Workers during COVID-19 booklet
School for Workers has updated the Legal Rights for Workers during COVID-19 booklet to reflect the ongoing changes. The school is continually working to analyze and summarize legal developments during the COVID-19 crises. It is …
Legal Rights for Workers during COVID-19 2021
School For Workers partners with University of Wisconsin-Madison Population Health Institute to represent workers’ experiences to the Department of Health Services
Faculty members Armando Ibarra and Alexia Kulwiec have partnered with the University of Wisconsin-Madison Population Health Institute to understand how workers are impacted by working through the COVID-19 pandemic. To learn about workers’ experiences, faculty …
Virtual Mini-Session Video: American Healthcare in the Era of COVID-19
Due to technical difficulties, we weren’t able to hold our Virtual Mini-Session on American Healthcare in the Era of COVID-19 in June. But now the video is available for you! How does American health care …
American Health Care in the Era of COVID-19 | Part 1
How does American health care compare to health care in other developed countries? How did American health care policy decisions, especially on the Federal level, affect how we have fared in dealing with COVID-19? We …
American Health Care in the Era of COVID-19 | Part 2
How does American health care compare to health care in other developed countries? How did American health care policy decisions, especially on the Federal level, affect how we have fared in dealing with COVID-19? We …