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Harvard's WorklifeWizard Answers Workers’ Most Pressing Questions

CAMBRIDGE, MA – Harvard’s WorklifeWizard, a web-based resource and research tool, is expanding its offerings to provide an opportunity for American workers to ask their most-pressing work-related questions.

Individuals may submit a question upon completing a 10-minute online survey. The WorklifeWizard, a Harvard-trained expert will then respond within seven business days.

Headed by Richard Freeman, Herbert Ascherman Professor of Economics at Harvard University, the aim of the WorklifeWizard is to become the premiere resource for worklife issues in the US and to establish a cutting-edge research tool for management, labor, policymakers, scholars, journalists, students, and others interested in the world of work.

Freeman explains, “When American workers have questions about issues such as discrimination, training, negotiating a raise, or switching careers, they can ask our team of experts. We want to know about their work lives.”

Joining with the non-profit WageIndicator Foundation and the National Bureau of Economic Research, Harvard Law School's Labor and Worklife Program launched the WorklifeWizard on Labor Day 2006. Since September, the site has quickly become a popular resource for those interested in worklife issues.

"The WorklifeWizard seeks to be the best place for American employees to say how they're doing, what they think about workplace issues, and to get the latest economic information on working in America," Freeman said.

In addition to the “Ask the WorklifeWizard” feature, the WorklifeWizard website includes an Information Center with a salary checker, information on employment law and workers rights, a worklife blog directory, major news feeds, a job tips section, and work-related competitions. The popular salary checker provides workers with information on pay according to their occupation, education, size of firm, experience, type of employment contract, geography, and hours worked.

WorklifeWizard partners include BusinessWeek, United Professionals PhDs.org, the AFL-CIO’s Working America, the Communications Workers of America, and SmartEconomist.com.

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