Institute for Research on Labor & Employment (IRLE) | 1,550 followers on LinkedIn. Connecting world-class research with policy to improve workers’ lives, communities, and society. | The Institute for Research on Labor and Employment (IRLE) at UC Berkeley is an interdisciplinary institute that connects world-class research with policy to improve workers’ lives, families, and communities. We advance understanding of the conditions, policies, and institutions that impact worker well-being, and we inform public debate with hard evidence on inequality, the economy, and the changing nature of work. WHAT WE DO 🔹 Partner with faculty and experts at UC Berkeley and beyond to drive research that improves workers’ lives. 🔹 Bring work and workers into academic and policy discussions, showing how labor issues, communities, and institutions impact each other. 🔹 Support emerging and established scholars with research resources and a thriving intellectual community.