Read Dr. Sharma’s new article in Labor Studies!

Dr. Sharma just published an article, entitled, “Time Theft in the Los Angeles Retail Sector: The Need for New Labor Standards and a Fair Workweek,” in Labor Studies, the official journal of the United Association for Labor Education.

In it, Dr. Sharma and her co-authors examine how “employers subject workers to time theft by controlling workers’ time—both on and off the clock. Time theft considers employer control of workers’ time without the promise of pay through unstable scheduling practices as well as beyond their scheduled work hours.” “Through a discussion of survey and workshop data with retail workers in Los Angeles,” they conclude, “We underscore how federal labor law is inadequate to address unstable scheduling and we discuss retail worker organizing and the implications of time theft for labor policy and worker movements.”

Find the full article here.