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News from EPI › New report illustrates the failure of the Southern economic development model to create shared prosperity
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News from EPI › New report examines the NLRB during the Biden and Trump administrations: President Biden’s appointees have rolled back much of Trump’s anti-worker agenda but more work remains to be done
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News from EPI › EPI applauds the FTC’s ban on noncompete agreements
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News from EPI › EPI President Heidi Shierholz welcomes Department of Labor final rule to raise overtime threshold
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News from EPI › EPI applauds release of final rule to protect retirement savers
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News from EPI › New report finds that the economy performs better under Democratic presidential administrations
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News from EPI › The pressing threat to workers isn’t AI, it’s unbalanced employer power in the labor market
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News from EPI › Lowest-paid workers have seen fastest wage growth of any group since 2019
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News from EPI › New policy guide details how states can strengthen laws to fight oppressive child labor
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News from EPI › Major strike activity increased by 280% in 2023
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News from EPI › Senate should reject deal that would punish asylum seekers and trade away human rights for temporary defense funding
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News from EPI › Updated Family Budget Calculator shows cost of living in every county and metropolitan area
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News from EPI › Union membership levels increased in 2023 as the private sector saw gains and the public sector saw losses: Many more workers wanted to join a union, but couldn’t
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News from EPI › EPI applauds new DOL rule to curb employer misclassification of workers as independent contractors
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News from EPI › Paid sick leave access has expanded as states enacted new laws, but many low-wage workers still lack access
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News from EPI › New report examines the Midwest’s economic recovery: The region has had the slowest median wage growth since the pandemic
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News from EPI › The Southern economic development model has failed to provide economic security for workers and families
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News from EPI › Teacher pay fell further behind in 2022: Teachers made 26.4% less than other similarly educated professionals
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News from EPI › Despite slight decline, CEOs made 344 times as much as the typical worker in 2022: CEO pay has soared 1,209.2% since 1978
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News from EPI › Poverty increased sharply in 2022 due to safety net cutbacks and inflation shock: Strong labor market signals a better 2023
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News from EPI › New report explains what’s driving the resurgence in strike activity this summer
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News from EPI › EPI President Heidi Shierholz applauds proposed Department of Labor rule to raise overtime threshold
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News from EPI › New report finds a record-low number of federal wage and hour investigations of farms in 2022
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News from EPI › Sixty years later, policy has failed to meet the March on Washington’s economic demands: New EPI report shows that racial economic disparities have persisted with limited policy focus on racial equity
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News from EPI › New fact sheet shows that unions support a more equitable economy
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News from EPI › A growing number of states are passing the CROWN Act to ban hair-based discrimination
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News from EPI › EPI praises the confirmation of Jared Bernstein as Biden’s top economic adviser
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News from EPI › New report documents innovative community enforcement programs to fight wage theft
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News from EPI › The Economic Policy Institute mourns the passing of AFL-CIO chief economist and Howard University professor William Spriggs
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News from EPI › New report finds that roughly half of older workers have difficult jobs