Labor/Employment,
Immigration
Mar. 31, 2017
Protecting immigrant workers' rights
States can do more to protect unauthorized immigrant workers' rights, particularly in light of inadequate federal support.
Kati L. Griffith
associate professor
The ILR School of Cornell
labor & employment
Kati L. Griffith is associate professor of labor and employment law at Cornell's ILR School
Workers who have status as "employees" are entitled to labor and employment protections. These protections relate to such things as wages, health and safety, discrimination and collective activity around workplace issues. However, sometimes the same workers who have "employee" status under labor and employment law also have no status under immigration law. That is, they have "employee" status, but no "immigration" status. This form of mixed status can foster workplace violations. States sh...
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