abstract: 'This paper presents a conceptual approach to understanding how

  government and private employers shape the employment experiences of

  contemporary low-wage workers. After reviewing recent changes in

  employment conditions that have disproportionately affected poor working

  families, we present two perspectives on the structural vulnerability

  for low-wage workers: policy and organizational stratification. The

  stratification approach suggests that public policy and private

  workplace practices interact with workers'' personal and family

  circumstances to shape the outcomes of low-wage employment. Applying

  these lenses to restaurant workers, we examine why and how some workers

  may be uniquely disadvantaged by emerging proposals to change minimum

  wage laws. Promising directions for intervention are also discussed.'
affiliation: 'Haley-Lock, A (Corresponding Author), Univ Washington, Sch Social Work,
  4101 15th Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98105 USA.

  Univ Washington, Sch Social Work, Seattle, WA 98105 USA.'
author: Haley-Lock, Anna and Shah, Melissa Ford
author-email: annahl@u.washington.edu
author_list:
- family: Haley-Lock
  given: Anna
- family: Shah
  given: Melissa Ford
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1606/1044-3894.3659
eissn: 1945-1350
files: []
issn: 1044-3894
journal: FAMILIES IN SOCIETY-THE JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL SERVICES
keywords-plus: 'UNITED-STATES; COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS; BARGAINING

  LAWS; MEDICAL LEAVE; LABOR-MARKET; GENDER; FAMILY; UNEMPLOYMENT;

  ORGANIZATION'
language: English
month: JUL-SEP
number: '3'
number-of-cited-references: '119'
pages: 485-495
papis_id: 22a8d78102911830c0b2c246fc223fe7
ref: Haleylock2007protectingvulnerable
tags:
- relevant
- review
times-cited: '10'
title: 'Protecting vulnerable workers: How public policy and private employers shape
  the contemporary low-wage work experience'
type: Review
unique-id: WOS:000249723100021
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '13'
volume: '88'
web-of-science-categories: Family Studies; Social Work
year: '2007'