Ratcheting Up Workplace Protections
State legislatures and agencies have an important role to play in improving workplaces for workers.
David Weil is dean of the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University. Prior to that, he served as administrator of the Wage and Hour Division at the U.S. Department of Labor. He is also the author of "The Fissured Workplace: Why Work Became So Bad for So Many and What Can Be Done to Improve It."
State legislatures and agencies have an important role to play in improving workplaces for workers.