Author: Rimjhim Agrawal
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Behind USA’s Tip Culture: A Workaround for Employers to Escape Minimum Wage Payments
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The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced a series of updated regulations in 2020 and 2021 to protect tipped workers, including amendments to sections of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). These regulations protected employee tips from employers and addressed the two-tiered wage system that allowed employers to take partial…
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Does Competition Law Stand in the Way of Sustainable Industry?
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In 2015, the ‘Chicken of Tomorrow’, meat from chickens raised in more organic conditions, was born in the Netherlands as a collective move by farmers’ organizations and chicken producers. This decision was the result of producers conceding to fierce campaigning from animal protection organizations. However, the ‘Chicken of Tomorrow’ also…
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Al-Sisi’s Egypt: A Mirage of Democracy
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This is derived from an Analytical Politics assignment by Rimjhim Agrawal, Sief Salameh, Jahnvi Agarwal, Riddhi Kankaria. On Jan. 25, 2011, tens of thousands of protesters gathered in Tahrir Square for a “Day of Revolution” to mark the start of nationwide protests calling for the resignation of Egypt’s autocratic leader,…
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Effective Recovery as a Path for Progressive Development
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Rimjhim Agrawal is a first year MPP student at Harris School of Public Policy and a Graduate Assistant at the University of Chicago with the Dean of Students Office. India faces rising threats due to natural and anthropological hazards owing to its unique geo-climatic conditions, growing climate change concerns, and…