*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management*

*May 4, 2021*

*Title:* How Social Class Affects COVID-Related Layoffs Worldwide

*Source:* The New York Times

*Author:* Jonathan Rothwell

*Date:* May 3, 2021

*Summary:* In the most egalitarian countries, poor and less educated adults were more protected from job losses.

*Link:* https://nyti.ms/2RjeoI2

*Title:* How Companies Rip Off Poor Employees – and Get Away With It

*Source:* Associated Press

*Author:* Alexia Fernández Campbell and Joe Yerardi

*Date:* May 4, 2021

*Summary:* When a recession hits, U.S. companies are more likely to stiff their lowest-wage workers. These businesses often pay less than the minimum wage, make employees work off the clock, or refuse to pay overtime rates. In the most egregious cases, bosses don’t pay their employees at all.

*Link:* https://bit.ly/3b1uVHE

*Title:* Nine Major Sports Unions Join Forces to Oppose U.S. State Voting Restrictions

*Source:* Reuters

*Author:* Reuters

*Date:* May 3, 2021

*Summary:* Nine major U.S. sports unions joined together on Monday to declare their opposition to state legislative efforts restricting the right to vote.

*Link:* https://reut.rs/2QV9qBt

*Title:* The Booming U.S. Recovery Is Leaving Some Communities Completely Behind

*Source:* Bloomberg

*Author:* Andre Tartar, Olivia Rockeman, Christoper Cannon and Catarina Saraiva

*Date:* May 4, 2021

*Summary:* The U.S. economy is on a multi-speed track as minorities in some cities find themselves left behind by the overall boom in hiring, according to a Bloomberg analysis of about a dozen metro areas.

*Link:* https://bloom.bg/3nOZB4a

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