Tag: employment
![Construction Site worker Injury photo](https://crr.bc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/iStock-169998819.png.webp)
On-the-job injuries, like layoffs, are life-altering events. A worker can lose tens of thousands of dollars in earnings over many years as a result, according to a new RAND study. The researchers used data from California’s workers’ compensation system to investigate what happened to injured workers’ earnings over a 14-year period. They were interested in…
![Mother and her child in a wheelchair](https://crr.bc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/shutterstock_1873747348.png.webp)
Juggling a job and being a mother is hard work. It’s much tougher if your child has a disability. And when these mothers look ahead to retiring, the challenges are just as complex as their current situations. One woman whose daughter has a disability predicted in a recent interview with a researcher that she’ll work…